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Press Releases
| 2007 | |
| February 27 | M11 widening: a “climate double whammy” |
| January 10 | Transport groups join forces to fight big road threats |
| January 8 | M1 widening will increase CO2 and traffic growth |
| 2006 | |
| December 4 | Reckless Road to Ruin |
| December 1 | Eddington report: review roads programme |
| December 1 | Eddington report undermines case for Weymouth Relief Road |
| November 27 | Price roads to tackle climate change, not build more roads |
| November 23 | Roads Minister agrees M1 widening could be stopped |
| November 8 | A500 road scheme will not boost regeneration in Stoke-on-Trent |
| October 30 | Halt climate change, save cash - end roadbuilding |
| August 9 | A27 road gets go-ahead despite 68% cost increase |
| August 7 | MPs say £12b road programme will increase CO2 emissions |
| August 2 | Department for Transport failing on climate change |
| July 31 | Roads costs increase by £1 million a day - "worse to come" say roads alliance |
| July 28 | Road Block supports the environment watchdogs |
| July 27 | Soaring costs savaged by MPs |
| July 27 | Roads are bad value for money and bad for the climate |
| July 6 | Government give go-ahead to more roads and leaves most 'in limbo' in 10 year transport funding plans |
| July 3 | Second study reveals the Newbury bypass failed - protestors vindicated |
| July 3 | New report shows new roads create more jams |
| June 6 | Roads minister pre-judges Peak District road public inquiry |
| May 28 | Road Block tenders to DfT for CO2 analysis work |
| May 12 | Road Block challenges local authorities over new road plans |
| April 11 | Road building will not lead to sustainable communities |
| March 29 | Government gives go ahead to £209 million road the day after climate failure report |
| March 28 | Traffic growth wipes out climate change gains - end road building |
| March 23 | M6 extension given go ahead despite 280% price increase |
| March 16 | Weymouth relief road not needed for Olympics, says Transport Select Committee |
| March 13 | Road Block welcomes National Audit Office investigation into roads programme |
| March 9 | Blunsdon bypass given go ahead despite 124% price increase |
| February 14 | Government two faced on road building |
| January 13 | Gagged protest over Govt's M6 extension plans |
| January 10 | Residents challenge £500 million A14 road scheme |
| January 9 | Newbury Bypass ten years on – huge traffic growth revealed |
| 2005 | |
| December 1 | Scotland becomes roads battleground |
| November 29 | Tackle transport CO2 - forget nuclear |
| November 29 | Trams dropped whilst costly roads get funding |
| November 10 | CO2 cuts from greener fuels will be wiped out by traffic increases |
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October 31 |
100 new roads in Local Transport Plan |
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October 18 |
Government gives roads go-ahead despite cost escalation |
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October 18 |
Axing road Public Inquiries will mean more direct action |
| August 16 | Parklife stages DfT sit-in for Saxon King |
| July 20 | Stonehenge - scrap roadbuilding |
| July 20 | M6 Expressway - the "con" in consultation |
| July 5 | Fuel duty must go up to tackle climate change |
| July 1 | Road protestors tear down fences to reclaim Saxon King burial site |
| June 9 | Road user charging must cut traffic and road building |
| June 7 | Exhibition of landscapes under threat from road building - held in parallel with Tate exhibition |
| May 23 | New London motorway will bring gridlock |
| May 16 | Linslade bypass protesters acquitted after stopping bulldozers |
| May 16 | Road campaigners in court over bat protest |
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May 2 |
Fuel protests are misguided - climate change is the real crisis |
| April 29 | 12 hour marathon - Local protesters force "longest day in Public Inquiry history" |
| April 15 | Carbon emissions from the road haulage industry rocket |
| April 6 | Thames Gateway Motorway Bridge Pre-Inquiry Meetins Ends in Chaos |
| March 31 | Bulldozed Communities Stand Up to Thames Motorway Bridge - Postpone The Public Inquiry! |
| March 28 | Plans for 4000km of New Roads Revealed |
| March 24 | More Roads Mean More Congestion - And More Protest |
| March 16 | Blair is a climate hypocrite say Roads and Runways Groups |
| March 14 | Climate hypocrisy on transport –stop pandering to the motoring lobby |
| February 15 | Transport is 'the unspeakable element' in post-Kyoto climate action |
| January 25 | Linslade Bypass 'digger two' protesters in court |
| January 24 | Protests resume to stop the Linslade Bypass after first victory |
| January 20 | Contractors suspend works at Linslade Bypass due to protests |
| January 17 | Middle England scares off the road bulldozers |
| January 17 | Anti-roads alliance launched, as 'middle England' stands up to a new round of bulldozers |
Media Briefings
Climate change
and road building: a Road Block briefing for the Avoiding Dangerous Climate
Change conference [link to 'climate and road building' file] (February 2005)
