Research by Harry Robson, MLitt., BA Hons.,
Only a few days left to respond – closes on New Years Eve!
National Highways (previously Highways England), the UK Government’s powerful road building agency now preparing the route strategies for ‘RIS 3’ for the period 2025 to 2030 and beyond, which will cover the building and adaption of motorways (if they get their way!) and trunk roads in England.
For those of us in or near the South Downs National Park schemes may include: A27 at Chichester, A27 at Lancing/Worthing and A27 East of Lewes.
You can give your views by CLICKING HERE The consultation closes on 31st Dec 2021
You can also email your thoughts to routestrategies@highwaysengland.co.uk if you find the online tool too restrictive.
You are welcome to use our email template when you email National Highway:
[Please modify the template with your own concerns & comments so it is considered an individual response from you or your organisation. This will avoid National Highways seeing it as a single campaign response being duplicated].
References:
Carbon emissions
Transport Action Networks research: ROADS & CARBON – ‘Building new roads increases traffic, leading to more carbon emissions’.
DfT – Overall Emission Reduction of 62%: Greening Government Commitment –
New Civil Engineer: DfT set to target procurement to deliver on sustainability aspirations
Induced Traffic
Campaign for better Transport – Induced Traffic
DfT: TRUNK ROADS AND THE GENERATION OF TRAFFIC
John Elliott, Independent Transport Consultant Silvertown Tunnel
Nature and Biodiversity
Ramboll – Biodiversity Net Gain – How greening developments can benefit us all
Multimodal transport
International Growth Centre – Key considerations for integrated multimodal transport planning
Campaign for Better Transport: Covid-19 Recovery Renewing the transport system July 2020
Green Transport Solutions: The importance of Accelerating modal shift to public and active transport to combated climate change.
The C40 Knowledge Hub: How to drive a modal shift from private vehicles to public transport, walking and cycling
Government Policy on Climate Change
DfT – Transport decarbonisation plan: Decarbonising transport: a better, greener Britain
UK Government – 25 Year Environment Plan ‘A Green Future: Our 25 Year Plan to Improve the Environment’
Economy
HM Treasury – The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review
Other references
DfT Operational Sustainability Strategy 2021 – 2025: Operational Sustainability Strategy 2021 – 2025
Design Principles National Infrastructure by the National Infrastructure Commission (March 2020): ‘climate people places value’
No more destruction of wild places or fragmentation of habitats please!! Connect the wild places! We should be learning to live less with cars and more with nature.