Background
Work has started adding an extra lane to the M1 between junction 6a-10 and junctions 31-32 but the government wants to widen 115 miles of it and we can still stop it!
The costs have escalated from £3 billion last year, to over £5 billion.
Climate change is already happening and we need urgent action action to reduce emissions if the worst disasters are to be averted.
Road transport already accounts for a quarter of our carbon dioxide emissions and this continues to rise as traffic grows.
Increasing capacity on the roads simply generates more traffic and dose little to ease congestion. Supporting alternatives to car use is far more cost effective and better for our health and the planet.