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TAN statement on Smart Motorways announcement
TAN statement on Smart Motorways announcement Scrap Smart Motorways to prevent climate change Transport Action Network welcomes today's announcement that another three Smart Motorway schemes have been paused by the Government (the M3 Junction 9-14 scheme was already paused in November 2021). However the ten-mile M6 Junction 21a - 26...
Ministers undermine own pledge to cut emissions
UK ministers undermine own pledge to cut emissions UK ministers sought advice to protect road-building, day before net zeRo transport plan Secret briefings revealed as part of a High Court challenge [1] against England's £100bn roads programme [2] undermine UK pledges to cut emissions, say campaigners. The documents show that...
Time to stop dancing around decarbonisation
“Time to stop dancing around decarbonisation” Department for Transport told Campaigners fresh from a legal battle with the Department for Transport say that its Transport Decarbonisation Plan cannot be credible, unless it abandons the roads programme. The much delayed Plan is rumoured to be published this Wednesday 14th July, coinciding...
Court protects stability of roads programme over climate
Court protects stability of roads programme over climate Transport Action Network is shocked by today’s High Court ruling that the Secretary of State for Transport did not need to provide evidence to show he had considered the impact of the “largest ever” roads programme on climate targets [1]. In March...
High Court challenge to largest ever roads programme
High Court challenge to largest ever roads programme Photo call: 1pm, 29 June 2021 outside Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London Communities fighting road schemes across the UK will gather with banners and placards in support of this historic legal challenge on the first day of the judicial review The...
Campaigners launch legal challenge against UK Government as it hosts UN climate summit
Campaigners launch legal challenge against UK Government as it hosts UN climate summit Climate campaigners have marked the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement with a legal challenge against the Government. Hours before the UN Climate Ambition Summit 2020 [1] started, Transport Action Network (TAN) served a judicial review on...
High Court to rule on air quality challenge to “largest ever” roads programme
High Court to rule on air quality challenge to “largest ever” roads programme Campaigners are taking the Department for Transport (DfT) to the High Court at a hearing this Thursday 29th October [1]. Transport Action Network (TAN) is seeking permission to bring a judicial review of the “largest ever” roads...
Campaigners start legal challenge to “largest ever” roads plan
Campaigners start legal challenge to “largest ever” roads plan Lawyers acting for Transport Action Network (TAN) have asked the Department for Transport (DfT) and Highways England to scrap their roads plan or face a court challenge [1]. At its launch alongside the Budget, Road Investment Strategy 2 (RIS2) was described...
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