NEWS: Hansard November 4th, 2019
Government failed to answer Layla Moran’s question
Layla Moran, MP for Oxford West and Abingdon asked “the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will have discussions with Highways England on holding a full public consultation on the Oxford to Cambridge Expressway including on the option not to progress with the project.”
The key thing here - an OPTION NOT to progress with the project.
In George Freeman Minister of State’s (Department for Transport) response, he did not refer at all as to whether discussion had happened or would happen with Highways England (HE) about there being an option NOT to progress with the expressway.
Clearly, anything could happen as a result of the election. However, if the new government continues with the expressway, they need to change how HE plan to conduct the consultation. I.E. put a preference / option in to the consultation for people to say their preferred option is NO Expressway.
Currently the only way HE’s consultation process will allow that to happen, is for you to put this in a ‘free text’ field, called “Is there anything else we should know”! Not a helpful approach, given the magnitude of what’s being proposed, and this consultation due to be the first time the public have been consulted!
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