'This will cause even more damage to irreplaceable veteran trees, hedgerows and vital wildlife habitats, making a mockery of Shropshire Council’s claim to be taking the climate and nature crises seriously.'
The Shrewsbury North West Relief Road will make Shropshire "one of the most polluting counties in the UK", it has been claimed.An artist's impression of how the Shewsbury North West Relief Road will look
Since people were allowed to officially have their say again, the number of objections has soared above 5,000. " Council had hoped that Council would amend the scheme to acknowledge the huge concerns over the project’s spiralling costs, its inability to sustainably tackle Shrewsbury’s traffic congestion, its devastating environmental impact and the record-breaking level of public concern that has been voiced since it was announced in 2019.
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