They joined hundreds of others to call for an end to ‘climate-wrecking new roads’.
Campaigners from Shrewsbury have been protesting outside the DfT in London.
The county campaigners visiting London included members of Better Shrewsbury Transport , Extinction Rebellion Shrewsbury, and other county environmental groups. They met up with campaigners from groups including Stop the Wensum Link, the Silvertown Tunnel Coalition, Save Stonehenge, and Transport Action Network.
It will see people from multiple groups and movements gathering throughout Westminster and at the Houses of Parliament to call for action on the climate emergency.The Shropshire activists hand-delivered a letter for Mark Harper, the Secretary of State for Transport, calling on him to review the North West Relief Road in light of its soaring costs and environmental impact.
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