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Will Devon and Torbay’s new road really cure every ill?

Jenny Raggett - Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, BA15
07 October 2011
 

I was interested in the letter from Ian Harrison of Devon County Council concerning the South Devon Link Road. Could this scheme be an example of ‘new road evangelism’? This is where a local authority and its entourage start to believe that a new road is an absolute ‘must have’ and that its construction will cure almost anything.

Three miles of new road in Torbay are supposed to lure business to the area from far and wide, creating thousands of jobs. Those in socially...

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