Today it has been announced that the unpopular Black Route as a relief for the M4 at the Brynglas tunnels is to go ahead.
Pippa Bartolotti, Wales Green Party leader said, ”What an appalling decision. To spend £1billion pound on this short-sighted environmental wrecking scheme flies in the face of all reasoned arguments put forward against it.
“£1billion can go a long way, but without an intellectually original thought in the collective heads of the Welsh government it will be spent on shoring up the models of the past. This money should be spent on bravely constructing the models of the future, such as excellent health and education, clean energy from our enviable natural resources and model public transport.”
The Wales Leader added: “Generations to come will have to suffer the loss of wildlife, the concrete, the unthinkable debt, and the pollution this will encourage. With open cast coal mining, a fossil fuel based economy and poor public transport, Wales has become a paradise for polluters.”
The Plan for the M4 can be found here http://www.m4newport.com/assets/the-plan---english.pdf