Scrap destructive Gwent Levels motorway plan, charities say
by Steven Morris from Environment | The Guardian on (#1H0WY)
In open letter charities say environmental evidence should lead Welsh government to stop plan that would cut through wetland
Ten leading environmental charities have claimed a proposed section of motorway that would cut through wildlife-rich wetland represents "ecological destruction on an unprecedented scale".
The charities have written an open letter to the Welsh government calling for it to scrap 1bn plans to build a 14-mile stretch of motorway through the Gwent Levels near Newport in south Wales.
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