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A57 Link Roads (previously known as Trans Pennine Upgrade Programme)

Representation by Mike Chetham

• Date submitted: 13 September 2021
• Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses

A completely superfluous link road. Unnecessary waste of money. Spend the money on the cross Pennine rail link. People drive because public transport is unreliable. Improve cross Pennine rail and you will take cars off this road. Improve the capacity of the cross Pennine rail link and goods could be carried by rail. By improving the rail link you reduce traffic, and improve air quality upon the important habitat of the peat moorlands of the Pennines. This might have been an appropriate solution 50 years ago when the idea was first mooted. Not now. No to the A57 link roads.

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