South Coast Against Roadbuilding |
Supporting Sustainable Mobility |
| |
|
Roadbuilding damages the environment. The Department
of Transport's 20-odd different road proposals for the road widening and
bypasses along the south coast will, linked together, create a fast 230 mile new
highway.
This "superhighway" will damage up to 20 Sites of Special Scientific Interest including Pevensey Levels in East Sussex and Walland Marsh in Kent. Six Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and parts of the New Forest will be scarred.
The superhighway will also lead to traffic generation and an increase in pollution in areas where key pollutants such as low-level ozone already exceed recommended levels on many occasions each year.
But there is an alternative. Imaginative investment in public transport - particularly in the existing rail lines - along with traffic calming and upgraded walking and cycling facilities is the way forward.
The national context for transport is already changing. The Roads Programme has been slashed from £23 billion to £8 billion in a matter of a few years. This national change has been influenced by grassroots protest against roadbuilding, the Treasury's concern about the spiraling cost of road construction, and reports by the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution and the Government-appointed Standing Advisory Committee on Trunk Road Assessment (SACTRA). Recent research has also cast considerable doubt on the belief that new roads bring economic development and jobs.
 |
Bye pass or wot? |
| |
Roads To Ruin |
| |
Arundel |
|
|
Worthing |
| |
Ancient Titnore Lane Woodland for the Chop |
| |
Regional Assembly Transport Decision |
| |
What is SCAR? |
| |
AONB |
| |
Buses, Bikes and Feet |
| |
Trains |
| |
What's going on + Press Releases + Links |
SCAR supports the creation of a South Downs National Park