They say new documents added to the planning application show it is even more devastating for the environment than before.
Campaigners are warning of "The Shropshire Chainsaw Massacre" - insisting a controversial road project looks environmentally "more devastating than before".An artist's impression of how the Shewsbury North West Relief Road will look
After combing through them, campaigners Better Shrewsbury Transport says there is a 40% increase in the area affected by the road and more trees at risk. But BeST has hit back, saying that the new documents show the NWRR is now even more devastating for the environment than before, with additional new access roads, and the destruction of more trees and hedgerows.
"The council have quietly increased the total area of land in the planning application by a whopping 40% and it is now planning to buy up farmland to offset impact from the proposed road at Hencott Pool, a Site of Special Scientific Interest – although no one has said how that will impact the road’s spiralling costs. It’s all very cloak and dagger."
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