News East of England

Comment 2009

• Proposed new Thames crossing would just generate more traffic, Campaign for Better Transport, April 20 ^[2] topic, place

• Network St Albans should be copied around the country, Campaign for Better Transport, April 20 ^[3] "We hope that it will set a model that can be applied in many other areas and give councils opportunities to improve public transport as a real alternative to car travel." topic

• CPRE fear it will be ‘bulldozing as usual’ as the English regional bodies release their proposals to focus Government funding on ‘high-carbon’ road building, March 18 ^[4] The Climate Change Committee's draft Carbon budget (December 2008) stressed at page 106 ‘the importance of ensuring that investment over the next 12 years does not lock us into high-carbon capital assets which make achieving the 2050 target more difficult.’ CPRE say that motor traffic levels have increased by 40% in many areas over the last 15 years and that transport is the fastest growing source of domestic carbon emissions. CPRE have calculated the following percentages which relate to approximate proportions of spending on road-building. Yorkshire and the Humber 45%, West Midlands 50%, North West England 60%, East of England 60%, South West England 70%, North East England 75%, East Midlands 80%, South East England over 80%. Carbon figures are not yet available. "We need urgent investment in rail, bus, walking and cycle routes to give people in all areas real choices for low-carbon travel." topic

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Comment 2008

• Government green light to 10 million extra passengers at Stansted airport condemned, FoE, October 9 ^[8] topic, topic. The Government has also announced a public Inquiry into plans to build a second runway at Stansted.

• Government backing to expansion of Stansted Airport in clear contrast to tougher targets to cut climate-trashing emissions, Greenpeace, October 9 ^[9] topic, topic

• East of England Plan: The Government Doesn't Listen...Again, CPRE, May 12 ^[10] topic

• Broads Forum welcomes commitment to protect the coast, April 15 ^[11] topic

• Broads Society concerned by four options for dealing with coastal erosion being considered by Natural England, including 16,000 acres of land around the River Thurne becoming an embayment of the North Sea. Instead, the Society outlines a fifth option. April 14 ^[12] topic

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