Green groups call on ministers to scrap 'car-based eco-towns'

15 May 2008
 

The Government's eco-towns were facing an embarrassing setback this week with news that an alliance of environmental groups is to write to ministers saying they will not support the shortlisted locations because their remoteness from existing settlements means it will prove impossible to reduce car dependency.

The Campaign to Protect Rural England, the Campaign for Better Transport, Friends of the Earth, Sustrans and CarFree UK are the organisations behind the letter. The statement is all the...

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