🧵 1️⃣ UPDATE Last week Shropshire Council published the draft Full Business Case for the #Shrewsbury North West Relief Road (NWRR). Campaigners say it's "a total work of fiction riddled with so much misinformation, it would make Donald Trump blush." But there's more...👇 @heidialexander.bsky.social - ThreadSky

roadtoruinshrop.bsky.social • 16 days ago

🧵 1️⃣ UPDATE Last week Shropshire Council published the draft Full Business Case for the #Shrewsbury North West Relief Road (NWRR). Campaigners say it's "a total work of fiction riddled with so much misinformation, it would make Donald Trump blush." But there's more...👇 @heidialexander.bsky.social

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roadtoruinshrop.bsky.social•16 days ago

2️⃣ Turns out the Business Case was drafted in November, but Tories didn't share it until last Thurs 🙄 They sneakily released it *one minute* into the final council session b4 the May local elections to avoid scrutiny. Green councillor @juliandean99.bsky.social unimpressed 👇
https://youtu.be/7JlxKKnYZfs?feature=shared

roadtoruinshrop.bsky.social•16 days ago

3️⃣ Local campaigners have flagged up that the Benefit Cost Ratio isn't based on the latest (£215m) price tag for the road 🤦‍♂️ They have accused the council of blatant lying - worrying since the doc has probably been submitted to Govt Spending Review @heidialexander.bsky.social @juliabuckley.bsky.social

roadtoruinshrop.bsky.social•16 days ago

4️⃣ Lib Dems challenged the council's claim that it will be able to fund the road via borrowing, pointing out their sums mean it will take 1,000 YEARS to pay back the loan 😱 👇 @robwilson.bsky.social @helenmorganlibdem.bsky.social @drobertsonstar.bsky.social
https://youtu.be/lMYsIZTOamE?feature=shared

xyz1964.bsky.social•16 days ago

Picton and her cronies can’t see my comments on FB cos I blocked them for supporting the hunts

roadtoruinshrop.bsky.social•16 days ago

There's a lot of disinformation bring spread on local FB groups at the moment. At council Cllr Picton stated Facebook comments were proof people wanted the road 🤦‍♂️

xyz1964.bsky.social•16 days ago

There may be only 3 or 4 divisions where a pro-NWRR lobby may influence the outcome of the LEs. In the other 50+, the competency and performance of the Tory group will determine the outcome. We will likely get NOC, with either a minority LD or an anti-Tory coalition

roadtoruinshrop.bsky.social•16 days ago

5️⃣ Labour said the Tories should "hang their heads in shame" because of their handling of the NWRR. They called for whoever runs council after May to ask DfT to invest in public transport & active travel instead 👏 @juliabuckley.bsky.social
@heidialexander.bsky.social
https://youtu.be/T6BpTJiZS2w?feature=shared

roadtoruinshrop.bsky.social•16 days ago

6️⃣ The road has long been touted as the solution to rat running in the villages north of Shropshire. But the Business Case says that even with the road, this issue won't be solved for a quarter of a century !!! @drobertsonstar.bsky.social @helenmorganlibdem.bsky.social

roadtoruinshrop.bsky.social•16 days ago

7️⃣ Meanwhile even in Shrewsbury the traffic modelling shows limited improvement from the road, with THOUSANDS of extra cars on some routes and no relief at all at roundabouts like Battlefield, Dobbies, etc @shrewsburybid.bsky.social

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