Petition to pause and review East West Rail (EWR)

Petition to pause and review East West Rail (EWR)

Posted on Dec 17, 2024 by jsw  | Tags: East West Rail

Bedford Station by M J Richardson

Please sign this petition to request that the EWR project be paused and re-evaluated.  Its current  routing is effectively a route to practically nowhere east of Cambridge, the existing single line track is at capacity,  and it will destroy hundreds of acres of farmland and make some farms non-viable right across South Cambridgeshire.

Our view is that view that the £8bn to be spent on this project would be better spent on other railway projects such as: re-opening the lines to Wisbech and to Haverhill & Sudbury; extending the guided busway to Huntingdon - and hence Alconbury - and re-railing it; and completing the much needed track layout improvement required at Ely station to enable increased freight capacity from Felixstowe/Harwich to Nuneaton taking 1,000 lorries per day off the A14.

To sign the petition, go to https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/701546.  For more information go to https://cambridgeapproaches.org/