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CAMPAIGN to cast road uilding and road transport in n environmentally favourable I ght was launched last week y the British Road Federat on.
it is conducting a series of .gional meetings in places of nvironmental interest — arting at York and Exeter — t which it will stress the nvironniental benefits to be erived from new roads, and as published a high quality ook let, Roads to a Better .nvirownent, to back up its ase.
At the press conference eld in London to launch the ampaign, South Glamorgan .ounty COW] cirs former laming and environmental irector Ewart Parkinson said was essential to dispel the ' cancerous myth" that road nd environmental lobbies List permanently be at odds ith each other.
There must be an increased investment in the transport infrastructure in order to protect and enhance our environment, he argued.
And he went on to make a special plea for coalfield areas such as his own by calling for a i'.100 million extra investment to build sufficient motorway access roads to attract new jobs into these areas.
Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders director Anthony Fraser joined with Parkinson in supporting the new campaign and complained about "entrenched social attitudes" which threaten the "very existence" of the motor vehicle.
He emphasised the vital role played by trucks and vans in solving the transport needs of a society which is becoming more widely spread around the country. "Without the constant use of half a million trucks and about a million light vans, industry and the retail trade would conic to a standstill."
"So-called environmentalists" have perpetrated myths intended to make truck operators tel guilty. Fraser said. "We cannot tuni the clock back," he argued. "Modern transport has given us a freedom never before envisaged. And we must keep it that way."
The efforts of environmentalists — especially in the Seventies — who delayed and stopped road schemes and pressed for city centre lorry bans, have conic home to roost.
"We are now paying the price in extra cost and frustration, and this does nothing to improve our surroundings at work or home," Fraser argued.