A494 widening plans abandoned
Post categories: Buckley, Connah's Quay, Flint, Flintshire, Holywell, Hot Topics, Mold, Shotton
| 10:26 UK time, Thursday, 27 March 2008
BBC news online today carries a story on the decision to abandon controversial plans to widen the A494 in Flintshire. Comments we've received so far think this is the wrong decision with Steve blaming 'NIMBYs' while Martin thinks the "chance to significantly improve their locality with a fast road" has been missed.
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Roads, power stations, windfarms, prisons, waste incinerators are all great.... except when they are built on our doorstep.
I trust that all the protestors involved in this campaign never use road transport including the other motorway networks, which were all built in exactly the same manner as the now defunct road widening at Aston.
Ben, Llangollen
This decision means that the major traffic problems on the A494 and A55 will not be resolved in the next 10 years, by which time car use will have increased by around 30%.
The problem will not go away, it will get worse and will affect tourism and the economy of North Wales.
The Nimbys have won, and all this proves is that politicians have yet again failed to look at the bigger picture, which is why the UK transport system is a complete mess.