Letter from Dept for Transport January 24, 2020
Response to supporter’s letter to Grant Shapps
This is the first response we’ve seen to one of our supporter’s letter to Grant Shapps, asking him to reconsider and make time to meet with No Expressway Group regarding the “priority review” of the Ox-Cam Expressway.
The response is from the Strategic Roads Division and says “we will provide an update on whether the project should continue in due course”. It says nothing about the priority review, timing, process or Grant Shapps making time to meet with NEG.
What exactly does that mean? This is the same answer given by George Freeman MP to all MPs asking questions in the house to the Secretary of State about the Expressway and the pledged for “piriority review”. It could be interpreted in several ways, but one such interpretation is that the Government is already conducting a review behind closed doors, and in “due course” they will announce the results. But it is not clear and no-one is any the wiser!
Are you one of our supporters who’s written to Grant Shapps, Secretary of State for Transport? Have you had the same response? If you’ve received something different, we’d be interested in hearing from you. You can contact us here.
If you haven’t sent your letter yet, you can download template wording and email address here. It’s not too late, the more of us who write the louder our message!
Sign our petition here! Add you voice to those asking the Government to cancel the Expressway. Every signature counts!
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