Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said: 'We will continue to do all we can to prevent this self-defeating, disruptive and incredibly dangerous behaviour being carried out by Insulate Britain.'
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said: "We will continue to do all we can to prevent this self-defeating, disruptive and incredibly dangerous behaviour being carried out by Insulate Britain."An injunction is in place prohibiting Insulate Britain activists from disrupting traffic near the M25. Pic: ReutersNational Highways has been granted a new injunction against protestors meaning they could be imprisoned if they obstruct traffic on 13 key roads in and around London.
It is the third injunction taken out by the agency around the M25 and targets protesters"who cause disruption on any of the highways on the Strategic Road Network linked to the M25 in the South East". It means that any protests similar to those conducted by Insulate Britain would be in contempt of court and as such the offenders would be at risk of imprisonment or an unlimited fine.The Strategic Road Network is comprised of 4,300 miles of motorways and major A roads at the core of the national transport system and is administered by Highways England.
And it empowers the police to release information on the activists, and evidence, to National Highways so that the injunctions can be enforced.
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