Road-building

Mostly bad news on road-building, despite expert advice:

The CCC itself came under fire at Glastonbury from Prof Kevin Anderson, a climate physicist, who told the meeting that the committee based its findings on what was politically achievable rather than what was really needed to protect the climate. He argued that net zero was a flawed concept which allowed CO2 levels to continue to grow and gave firms a free pass to carry on emitting.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/23/halt-new-roads-and-developments-adding-to-emissions-advisers-to-tell-uk-government

Ending 'smart' motorways is the lone bright spot, but it must be noted that instead of 'smart' motorways to increase motorway capacity, there may well be new motorway-building prompted by the scandals around 'safety'.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/15/rishi-sunak-scraps-plans-new-smart-motorways-england

The Stonehenge Tunnel has been given the go-ahead; still some legal proceedings to come, but I'm not hopeful it can be stopped.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/14/stonehenge-road-tunnel-plans-approved-transport-secretary-concent-widen-roads

Finally, the Lower Thames Crossing still looms on the horizon:

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jun/17/a-tunnel-too-far-debate-intensifies-over-need-for-lower-thames-crossing