This petition was submitted during the 2017–2019 Conservative government

Rejected petition No New Oxford to Cambridge Expressway across Oxfordshire's countryside

Instead, the proposed £3.5 Billions of Government spending should be directed to improving & modernising existing roads and railways, concentrating on measures to reduce noise and air pollution and improve traffic flows and road junctions. Full public consultation must precede any decision.

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The new Growth Corridor from Oxford to Cambridge involves doubling of the region’s population by 2050 & adds 300,000 new houses to Oxfordshire's current housing stock, far in excess of any local need.
The public hasn't been consulted on these New Towns or on a new Expressway across Green Belt & unspoilt open countryside.
Parliament must debate the full costs of the road, new schools, hospitals and services needed for this doubling of Oxfordshire's population before any decision to go ahead.

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