Click to download a new report produced by Mon a Gwynedd FOE: Economic and social costs of Road Projects in Wales<\/a><\/p>\n This report comes with a message from Helen Lewis of Mon A Gwynedd FOE,<\/p>\n “The Government is currently committed to developing the trunk road system through Wales in ways designed to increase road traffic and therefore carbon emissions at a time of climate change and cuts in public services. We’re asking the Welsh Government to:<\/p>\n \u00b7 Delay the hugely expensive Bontnewydd\/Caernarfon bypass, until sustainable alternatives have been properly trialled<\/p>\n \u00b7 Redirect the transport budget towards sustainable transport, ensuring a co-ordinated and flexible public transport system to end rural isolation and poverty.<\/p>\n \u00b7 Use public funds wisely to invest in our young people and target the scandals of social exclusion, poverty and poor health.<\/p>\n Our report has been sent to all AMs. If you agree with us , please circulate this to friends and societies, and above all, contact your AM and say so. You’ll find his\/her email address on http:\/\/www.senedd.assemblywales.org\/mgCommitteeMailingList.aspx?ID=0 Don’t let your AM get away with claiming that this isn’t their business because the Bontnewydd bypass isn’t in their constituency: this is about the wider issues of the relationship between the roads programme and carbon reduction, social justice and the responsible use of public money.<\/p>\n The Welsh Government’s policy document One Wales, One Planet, states: “Sustainable development as the process by which we must become a sustainable nation…is as much about social justice as it is about securing economic resilience and living within environmental limits.” That’s the principle that underlies the report- but our AMs do need encouragement to help create a socially just, environmentally responsible nation!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Click to download the report; Economic and social costs of Road Projects in Wales<\/a><\/p>\n