Quote Originally Posted by Cleve van Leef View Post
Drakeford and his cronies have completely lost the plot. Travelling between junction 30 and 24 during peak times is a nightmare and to not build the relief road around the tunnels is a disgrace. His answer to all this is 20mph speed limits. The mind boggles.
While nobody would describe me as a tree-hugger or particularly eco-friendly, I'm also aware of the damage that mankind has done to our planet.

The damage a relief road would have done to the infrastructure of the important Newport wetlands was considerable. I know most people don't give a shit about things like this, unfortunately.

Near me there's a community wetlands that are raising money to buy the land for the community. It's quite popular in our locality, not just with visitors, twitchers etc, but also with wildlife, where rare birds and others have been spotted. Iolo Williams was there filming recently and he was surprised how much wildlife was there. Protecting wildlife, when numbers are in decline as we take up more and more land, is important. If there was ever talk of destroying it in order to put a road there to ease congestion, there would be uproar.