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No not the poxy Brynglas tunnels, a fifteen mile tunnel!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-s...wales-39107848
They'll laugh it out of the inquiry surely? The cost would be huge.
Ridiculous idea, would cost tens of billions.
If Newport was a few miles from London instead of Cardiff on the other hand it'd get done without a second thought.
could get a monorail for half that
Wish they would just hurry up and build the new 3 lane motorway south of Newport. Just bloody build it.
Wasting millions on enquiries to save a newt is silly.
All they need is a couple of these:---
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H07xXP6Tu9I
I think this option was probably just proposed to get around environmental objections.
So they can say yes we have this one option which would protect the ugly swamp the new motorway will go through, but it will bankrupt the country until the end of time.
Or we could do the original one and 3 herons will have to slightly move where they perch.
Yeah, sod the animals, they'll all be gone soon anyway.
https://www.theguardian.com/environm...can-conference
Less people, less cars might ease the traffic congestion...
We'll never get proper investment in Wales. Got to keep us dependent on the Barnett formula like a dealer keeps his customers hooked on crack
Well it sounds good but you can't "just build it" can you. You can't just whack down fifteen miles of six lane motorway across three areas of special scientific interest. For a project as controversial and expensive as this there was always going to be an inquiry. I do agree that we should have arrived at this point years ago.
Funnily enough it was Edwina Hart that gave this project the kick up the arse it needed about two years ago.
Absolute garbage. You obviously don't attempt to drive it most days. The topography of the whole section means it is completely not fit for purpose. It has been admitted that it was originally only intended as a dual carriageway type bypass. It is simply dangerous, and no amount of 'traffic calming measures' (aka income generating cameras and variable speed limits) will relieve this.
Liverpool has three, three / four lane motorways in and out for example. They are mostly flat, straight roads and until recently, were largely redundant. Over the past few years however huge distribution centres / business parks have sprung up due to the enviable infrastructure, creating thousands of much needed jobs in the process.
I'm not asking for that. I'm simply asking for a safe, quick, efficient way to get to and from South Wales.
This has to happen, but only linked to the Metro serving the rest of South Wales.
I know we're all totally against shortcuts on this board, but wouldn't it be simpler and cheaper to upgrade the current Southern Distributor road?
The Ely link road went through quite a few pools and boggy land where newts and tadpoles were holding up, if I remember rightly.
It would be cheaper, and much more pleasing, to simply plough a 6-lame M-way through the centre of Newport.
No-one would notice.