NEG talk at the Friends of the River Cam meeting 28/04/21
The Ox-Cam Arc. An Environmental Catastrophe.
Alternative Arcs, Net Biodiversity Gain, Natural Capital Accounting, Dasgupta economics and the Ox-Cam Arc’s ambition to ‘double nature’ are all briefly touched on in this overview of Ox-Cam Arc ambitions
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UPDATE: April 2021
A periodic Newsletter from the No Expressway Group
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NEG talk at the Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (CoHSAT) webinar 15/04/21
The Oxford Cambridge Arc. Growth plans to 2050
A brief 17 minute talk on the origins of the Ox-Cam Arc idea, its current status, and the implications of the plans for the UK in general and Oxfordshire in particular
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We STOPped the Ox-Cam Expressway!
A big THANK YOU to ALL our supporters who helped STOP the Ox-Cam Expressway!
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EEH's Regional Transport Strategy
England’s Economic Heartland’s (EEH’s) final version of its Regional Transport Strategy, ‘Connecting People, Transforming Journeys’ appeared on 25th February 2021. It deliberately hides a very high growth agenda for the entire region.
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Challenging the Overloaded Ox-Cam Arc
HM Government’s Framework Spatial Plan for the Ox-Cam Arc raises many unanswered questions. Here is NEG’s full press release.
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At last the Arc Spatial Plan!
Several years too late, HM Government released its Spatial Plan for the Ox-Cam Arc on 18th February 2021. What does it say, and what does it mean?
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UPDATE: February 2021
The expressway is still ‘paused’, but expect a Framework for the Arc Spatial Plan very soon.
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NEWS: Confusion over how many new houses across the Arc by 2050
The Ox-Cam Arc region ‘has been singled out as the location for 1.5 million new homes as well as new road and rail links’. Has anybody been asked about this?
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UPDATE: January 2021
We are expecting major announcements early in 2021 on the fate of the paused Ox-Cam Expressway, on plans for the rest of the road network across the Arc, and on a spatial plan for the Arc.
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UPDATE: November 2020
NEG apologises for the lack of newsletters during the Covid-19 period. We are working hard to re-establish regular news updates to all our supporters.
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UPDATE: March 30, 2020
Wishing our supporters well at this worrying time, whilst NEG Updates take a break. Info here on what the team will be working on in the background.
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UPDATE: March 16, 2020
NEG has been hugely successful raising awareness and applying pressure locally and in Westminster, leading to the Ox-Cam Expressway being “paused”! We must keep the pressure on until it’s officially cancelled.
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NEWS: Ox-Cam Expressway "paused" not cancelled - Budget & RIS2 March 11, 2020
Ox-Cam Expressway “paused”, missed opportunity to Cancel; Housing growth still actively being planned.
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PRESS RELEASE: Budget - 'A missed opportunity to scrap the Oxford to Cambridge Expressway' say campaigners
Press release from NEG responding to the budget and RIS2 publication and missed opportunity for Government to announce cancellation of the Ox-Cam Expressway. Pause does not equal Cancellation!
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NEWS: BBC News March 10, 2020
Budget 2020: Chancellor will promise 'record' infrastructure spend and to “level up the UK”. Will they finally announce the Ox-Cam Expressway is cancelled?
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NEWS: MK Pulse March, 2020
Iain Stewart MP says he agrees with No Expressway Group that “we do not need the Expressway”.
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NEWS: BBC News March 5, 2020
Government delays Budget infrastructure plan. So when will Gov make an official statement about the Ox-Cam Expressway or the review that was promised?
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NEWS: The Guardian March 4, 2020
George Monbiot writes “The government must abandon its fossil fuel power projects. If not, we’ll sue” and mentions the Ox-Cam Expressway
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NIC Annual Monitoring Report 2020, Feb 26
National Infrastructure Commission annual report pushing for progress on housing across Ox-Cam Arc and Expressway, Bidwells pushing for housing delivery.
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