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Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 13:00:01 +0100
From: Hamish Mitchell (hamish.mitchell@virgin.net)
Subject: Environment Road protest

Proposed Northern Distributor Road - Bridgwater (Somerset)

(see photos below)

NDR OPPOSITION COMMITTEE

Save Our Somerset

SAY YES TO A RETHINK ON THE NORTHERN DISTRIBUTOR ROAD AS CONSTRUCTION WORK IS THREATENING TO BEGIN, A PUBLIC MEETING HAS BEEN ARRANGED THIS WEEK FOR YOU TO HAVE YOUR SAY

CHILTON TRINITY SCHOOL 7.30PM ON THURSDAY 27(tm) APRIL

OFFICIALS FROM THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND THE PRESS HAVE BEEN INVITED. WE EXPECT REPRESENTATIVES FROM OTHER CONCERNED ORGANISATIONS.

THE MEETING WILL ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING:

* IS THE NDR 30 YEARS OUT OF DA TE AND OUT OF TOUCH WITH TRUE NEEDS?
* SHOULD OUR DISTRICT COUNCIL'S EFFORTS TO RAISE FUNDS BE WASTED ON THIS OUT-DATED ROUTE?
* AN IMPACT ASSESSMENT IS NEEDED TO PROVIDE UP-TO-DATE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL FACTS
* WE REJECT A ROUTE THAT ENDANGERS CHILDREN CROSSING, AND ISOLATES COMMUNITIES FROM AMENITIES
* WE REJECT A ROUTE THAT INCREASES AIR AND NOISE POLLUTION, AND DAMAGES RARE AND PROTECTED WILDLIFE
* TO LOSE WHITEGATE FIELD & THE WATER MEADOW, WOULD BE ONE LOSS TOO MANY - IT SHOULD NOT BE DESTROYED - ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
* IT WILL MEAN 900 HOUSES INSTEAD OF OPEN SPACES, 44,800 HOUSES INSTEAD OF RURAL SOMERSET
* DOES TONY BLAIR CARE? WILL JOHN PRESCOTT ACT TO SAVE RURAL SOMERSET FROM SUBURBANISATION?
* IS THE COUNTY COUNCIL PANDERING TO DESTRUCTIVE MARKET FORCES AND IGNORING DISTRICT AND LOCAL NEEDS?
* THE HOUSING LOBBY ONLY VALUES PROFIT AND MORE HOUSES. THAT LEADS TO MORE CARS ... AND MORE ROADS ... AND YET MORE HOUSES
* ONLY THIS GOVERNMENT CAN INITIATE A BETTER PLAN THAT SAVES BRIDGWATER TAX PAYERS SINKING GOOD MONEY INTO AN OLD SCHEME
* SHOULD WE SAVE OUR SOMERSET AND CUT ALL RURAL HOUSING QUOTAS NOW?

THEY THINK IT'S ALL OVER - BUT IT'S NOT

Please sign and bring or return this slip to the meeting, or post it to -

B. Morton, 3, Booth Way, Bridgwater TA6 7AL

IT'S NOT TOO LATE - TAKE TIME FOR YOUR SAY. WRITE TO JOHN PRESCOTT

I wish to register my concerns about the construction of the presently proposed Northern Distributor Road and associated 900 houses, as a resident of the Bridgwater District. I request a rethink.

My name ........................................
Signature ................................
Postcode .....................

You can email replies and comments to hamish.mitchell@virgin.net
Whitegate Field & The Water Meadow


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