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2007
February 27	M11 widening: a “climate double whammy”
January 10	Transport groups join forces to fight big road threats
January 8	M1 widening will increase CO2 and traffic growth
2006
December 4	Reckless Road to Ruin
December 1	Eddington report: review roads programme
December 1	Eddington report undermines case for Weymouth Relief Road
November 27	Price roads to tackle climate change, not build more roads
November 23	Roads Minister agrees M1 widening could be stopped
November 8	A500 road scheme will not boost regeneration in Stoke-on-Trent
October 30	Halt climate change, save cash - end roadbuilding
August 9	A27 road gets go-ahead despite 68% cost increase
August 7	MPs say £12b road programme will increase CO2 emissions
August 2	Department for Transport failing on climate change
July 31	Roads costs increase by £1 million a day - "worse to come" say roads alliance
July 28	Road Block supports the environment watchdogs
July 27	Soaring costs savaged by MPs
July 27	Roads are bad value for money and bad for the climate
July 6	Government give go-ahead to more roads and leaves most 'in limbo' in 10 year transport funding plans
July 3	Second study reveals the Newbury bypass failed - protestors vindicated
July 3	New report shows new roads create more jams
June 6	Roads minister pre-judges Peak District road public inquiry
May 28	Road Block tenders to DfT for CO2 analysis work
May 12	Road Block challenges local authorities over new road plans
April 11	Road building will not lead to sustainable communities
March 29	Government gives go ahead to £209 million road the day after climate failure report
March 28	Traffic growth wipes out climate change gains - end road building
March 23	M6 extension given go ahead despite 280% price increase
March 16	Weymouth relief road not needed for Olympics, says Transport Select Committee
March 13	Road Block welcomes National Audit Office investigation into roads programme
March 9	Blunsdon bypass given go ahead despite 124% price increase
February 14	Government two faced on road building
January 13	Gagged protest over Govt's M6 extension plans
January 10	Residents challenge £500 million A14 road scheme
January 9	Newbury Bypass ten years on – huge traffic growth revealed
2005
December 1	Scotland becomes roads battleground
November 29	Tackle transport CO2 - forget nuclear
November 29	Trams dropped whilst costly roads get funding
November 10	CO2 cuts from greener fuels will be wiped out by traffic increases
October 31	100 new roads in Local Transport Plan
October 18	Government gives roads go-ahead despite cost escalation
October 18	Axing road Public Inquiries will mean more direct action
August 16	Parklife stages DfT sit-in for Saxon King
July 20	Stonehenge - scrap roadbuilding
July 20	M6 Expressway - the "con" in consultation
July 5	Fuel duty must go up to tackle climate change
July 1	Road protestors tear down fences to reclaim Saxon King burial site
June 9	Road user charging must cut traffic and road building
June 7	Exhibition of landscapes under threat from road building - held in parallel with Tate exhibition
May 23	New London motorway will bring gridlock
May 16	Linslade bypass protesters acquitted after stopping bulldozers
May 16	Road campaigners in court over bat protest
May 2	Fuel protests are misguided - climate change is the real crisis
April 29	12 hour marathon - Local protesters force "longest day in Public Inquiry history"
April 15	Carbon emissions from the road haulage industry rocket
April 6	Thames Gateway Motorway Bridge Pre-Inquiry Meetins Ends in Chaos
March 31	Bulldozed Communities Stand Up to Thames Motorway Bridge - Postpone The Public Inquiry!
March 28	Plans for 4000km of New Roads Revealed
March 24	More Roads Mean More Congestion - And More Protest
March 16	Blair is a climate hypocrite say Roads and Runways Groups
March 14	Climate hypocrisy on transport –stop pandering to the motoring lobby
February 15	Transport is 'the unspeakable element' in post-Kyoto climate action
January 25	Linslade Bypass 'digger two' protesters in court
January 24	Protests resume to stop the Linslade Bypass after first victory
January 20	Contractors suspend works at Linslade Bypass due to protests
January 17	Middle England scares off the road bulldozers
January 17	Anti-roads alliance launched, as 'middle England' stands up to a new round of bulldozers

Media Briefings

Climate change and road building: a Road Block briefing for the Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change conference [link to 'climate and road building' file] (February 2005)