Halton
General Notes
There is currently no separate District Committee for Halton. Warrington District endeavour to cover major planning issues but would appreciate local help on the ground. If you would like to help, contact Cheshire branch office.
Also, there is a major issue which is concerning CPRE: the proposal to build a massive new road bridge - the New Mersey Crossing - at a cost of a third of a billion pounds between Runcorn and Widnes. CPRE believes this would be environmentally and socially unsustainable. (The new bridge would be tolled in order to pay for it and therefore the existing Silver Jubilee Bridge would also be tolled). Huge volumes of extra through-traffic would be attracted to route through Halton to access and egress the south side of Liverpool, further affecting the air quality in Runcorn and Widnes.
CPRE would rather see local authority efforts and any available funding focused on high quality urban regeneration projects in Halton rather than on this scheme which it believes would bring minimal benefit to the local area.
If you wish to become involved in opposing this project, please contact the Branch Office.
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