Campaigners against the proposed Heysham-M6 link road have just launched a campaign to raise funds to help them present its case at the 2010 Public Inquiry into the costly scheme.
Transport Solutions for Lancaster and Morecambe are asking for help in raising funds to enable them to put its case to the forthcoming Public Inquiry into the Compulsory Purchase and Side Road Orders for the Heysham-M6 Link Road Northern Route, which is scheduled to start in June 2010.
“We have worked hard to rally local and national opposition to the Orders resulting in 480 letters of objection being sent to the Secretary of State at the Department for Transport, Lord Adonis, which has secured a second Public Inquiry,” says group co-oridnator David Gate, who wants to retain key experts in the campaign to make the case against the road at the Public Inquiry.
“TSLM has been campaigning for five years to stop the building of this controversial and damaging road scheme. Since the Public Inquiry in 2007, we have commissioned a report for the Department for Transport by a national transport expert into the poor value for money of the scheme; we have met DfT officials in London to explain why they should not grant funding, and we have continued to lobby politicians, both local and national.”
Although the Link Road has planning permission, this does not authorise the building of the road, and funding for the scheme is not yet secure, at a time when everyone accepts that government funding must be cut. The scheme still has many hurdles to clear, and TSLM say it will continue to fight it vigorously.
• If you are able to help, please post your donation by cheque, with the remittance slip below, to TSLM, PO BOX 146, Morecambe, LA4 6WR, or you can make a secure payment using PayPal on the TSLM website (www.heyshamm6link.info).