PRESS RELEASE  

For Immediate Release                                                                                                              12 January 2001

  SWAMPY HEADS FOR HASTINGS?

Southern England campaign group, South Coast Against Roadbuilding and local direct action group The Battle for Hastings, have joined forces to attack the decision by the Regional Planning Committee of the South East England Regional Assembly to support building the Hastings bypass. 

Astonished by the committees decision SCAR's Peter Rogers said:  "Clearly members of the committee think they know better than their professional officers, indeed even better than the specialists consultants appointed by the Government". 

"By adopting this myopic stance the committee risk 100's of millions of pounds being spent on a scheme which will be of dubious benefit to Hastings and may in-fact export jobs out of the area". 

Continuing Peter Rogers added:  "Hastings is crying out for a 21st century rail link to Ashford and Europe more than a bypass to nowhere. Planning to spend vast millions on a discredited road scheme is wanton and the regional planning committee should resign en masse"

--ENDS-- 

Notes for editors.

 

SCAR was formed in 1994 as an umbrella group to local groups fighting the then threat of a Folkestone - Honiton superhighway. 

SCAR has attended various public inquiry's along the coast with local groups providing expert witnesses to challenge damaging road schemes. 

SCAR and its affiliates have also given physical, moral, and financial support to other road fighter groups at Twyford, Newbury and the A30.

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