It’s not the first time the Derby Telegraph has misrepresented information or made incorrect claims about the A38 Expansion. 🚩 We’re setting the record straight on the latest "announcement." ⬇️ 1/5

"The A38 is not a victim of vexatious legal challenges. It is a project repeatedly exposed for weak appraisal, unlawful approval and economic obsolescence, problems of the Government’s own making both under Conservatives and Labour."

£600M A38 Derby Junctions “upgrade” hides spiralling costs, governance failures, authorities ignoring warnings and secrecy. No full business case, outdated scheme, collapsing BCR and hidden economic assessments. Read the full analysis: www.a38derbychaos.org/news/a38-der...

Have your say on transport in the East Midlands 🚍 Mayor’s Transport Plan consultation is open until 8 Feb 2026. A key chance to oppose destructive, wasteful road schemes and support public transport and active travel. 👉 Please complete the survey (10 mins): eu.surveymonkey.com/r/EMCCA-indi...

Still time to respond to the East Midland Mayor's transport consultation and ask for public transport not more roads eu.surveymonkey.com/r/EMCCA-indi...

'This is no longer a risk, it is an emergency,' explain climate experts to more than a thousand British MPs and civil society leaders. theecologist.org/2025/dec/01/...

Before/after visual of the A38 expansion at Kingsway roundabout. It would fell thousands of trees, cut into Mackworth Park, damage Bramble Brook, destroy a local wildlife site, and worsen noise, light & air pollution. More: www.a38derbychaos.org

Over 5,450 letters sent demanding Govt stop throwing £100s of millions at destructive road schemes & invest in rail electrification instead. ✅ Cleaner & less harmful ✅ Improves train services ✅ Shifts freight off roads ✅ More jobs than roadbuilding Write today: actionnetwork.org/letters/take...

Almost 46C in Cadiz Only a matter of time before 50C mark is smashed for the first time in Europe And the heat won't stop there.... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

At 23:50 in this transport podcast, our campaign is mentioned: calling for the electrification of the Midlands Mainline to be funded by scrapping the now £646 million+ A38 expansion. Take action now using our letter tool: actionnetwork.org/letters/take...

The next episode of CaS is about to arrive! In S3E19 our hosts @christianwolmar.bsky.social and @markwalker59.bsky.social discuss #TheGreatestGathering and Mark’s trip on #TheBelmondBritishPullman, plus Christian interviews Darren Caplan of RIA Catch it here: markwalkerg.podbean.com

You can read about National Highways' KPIs including on road safety in our latest post transportactionnetwork.org.uk/national-hig...

Strange that there is nothing in the ORR's blog post about how National Highways failed to achieve one third of its key performance indicators (KPI) over the RIS2 period, and is likely to fail on its road safety KPI when the figures are published next year www.orr.gov.uk/search-news/...

Imagine this invested in buses and public transport. Look around you and imagine every 30 cars was a bus, and imagine how quick your journey would be...

"This is the definition of bad governance: approving a project you know is outdated, overpriced, pointless and destructive, just because it’s already in the pipeline".

The A38 Derby Junctions road scheme is now set to cost £646 million – above the £500m threshold that saw the A1 dualling scrapped. Authorities refused to reveal the true costs before approval. Read more www.a38derbychaos.org/news/a38-der...

Fantastic to see Sam Carling MP pushing for average speed cameras and better infrastructure for cyclists to improve road safety. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Is the Office for Rail and Road (ORR) the right regulator to hold National Highways to account and to ensure public money is well spent delivering across all government priorities? transportactionnetwork.org.uk/national-hig...

National Highways was on course to fail to meet its target of no net loss on biodiversity. Somehow it has turned that around... --> How reliable are these figures? --> Can we can trust the ORR to really be on top of this? transportactionnetwork.org.uk/national-hig...

“If drivers had to pay the full and true costs of motoring the only people who could afford to drive would be multi-millionaires.” My letter about the hidden costs of motoring is in the latest @privateeyenews.bsky.social

It would be a good investment to act on climate even if it were financially burdensome. Given that doing so can deliver $21 for every $1 invested, it is pure folly not to press ahead. Unless you're a petrostate or a fossil fuel company. In which case, populist politicians are your last bastion.

Write today to demand funds from polluting road schemes like the A38 are diverted to electrifying the midlands mainline: actionnetwork.org/letters/take... www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/campa...

4 and X38 - and the fewer services there are, the fewer people will use them - just like the more roads you build the more cars congest them. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

So true, and yet here we are :( It's great to hear @stopa38expansion.bsky.social enjoyed lots of supportive conversations when handing out leaflets in Derby on Friday and Saturday.

We shouldn't need to campaign to have an electric railway in 2025.

Keep the pressure on. Rail, and better local buses. It's crazy two Sunday bus routes are being cancelled in Derby

Outside of Alstom's railway event, we handed out hundreds of leaflets. Many people want to see money spent on clean, reliable rail not destructive, polluting road schemes like the A38 expansion. Let’s keep up the momentum, write to key decision makers now: actionnetwork.org/letters/take...

Derby folks - unless you want more road congestion and disruption

Join our demo! 🚆 Protest for Rail, Not Roads – Stop the A38 Expansion 🚧 📍 Location: Litchurch Lane, Derby (on the pavement) 🕘 Friday 1 August, 9:30am – 11:00am 🕙 Saturday 2 August, 10:00am – 11:30am 📍 Map link: maps.app.goo.gl/6dbuhQ2RBZH1...

Take Action: Write to Politicians – Demand Rail Investment, Scrap the A38 Expansion. Send your letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/take... The Government’s recent spending review defunded the Midland Mainline electrification but funded the pointless & polluting A38 Derby junctions.

🚆 Demo for Rail, Not Roads 🚧 📍 Litchurch Lane, Derby 🕘 Fri 1 Aug 9:30am–11am 🕙 Sat 2 Aug, 10am–11:30am 📍 maps.app.goo.gl/6dbuhQ2RBZH1... Join us for a demo demanding electrification of the Midland Mainline and an end to destructive, polluting road schemes like the A38 Derby Junctions project.

Four years and 3 months in prison for one tree. While Government ministers use millions of tax money to destroy thousands of trees because they can't be bothered to go back to the drawing board and develop a sustainable, non-destructive solution for the A38 Derby junctions.

Extreme heat could lead to 30,000 deaths a year in England and Wales by 2070s, say scientists A new study from researchers at UCL and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine finds that heat mortality could rise more than fiftyfold in 50 years because of climate change. buff.ly/VHQvyyt

"Labour committed in its manifesto to increase rail freight to reduce congestion, improve road safety and journey reliability. Yet it now appears to be actively undermining these outcomes and transport decarbonisation." - @ecochris.bsky.social transportactionnetwork.org.uk/labour-splur...

Overspending on major projects – is it deliberate or incompetence? transportactionnetwork.org.uk/overspending...

In his message to the mass climate lobby Keir Starmer forgot transport (the biggest sector for emissions) and how his government has just funded 33 roads, increasing CO2 emissions by millions of tonnes How is that "unwavering commitment to climate action"? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

🚨 #Labour today invest ££billions into a raft of old Tory road projects incl A66, A38, A46 📈 By so doing, transport sector carbon emissions will remain resolutely high - just as they did under the Tories ❌ More pollution and congrstion www.gov.uk/government/n... @stopa38expansion.bsky.social

Breaking news: Government pledges funding for A38 Derby Junctions expansion despite outdated economic case and unknown costs www.a38derbychaos.org/news/press-r...

National Highways promised that the biodiversity net gain from the construction project would be 11.5%. But five years on National Highways has admitted biodiversity and the environment have been left in a worse state as a result of the road project. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

There is concern that National Highways is routinely underestimating the impact and cost of delays caused by the construction of new road schemes. It does this to skew the business case and secure approval. transportactionnetwork.org.uk/true-cost-of...

When will the spending review decision on the A38 be announced? www.a38derbychaos.org/news/spendin...

Transport matters in people’s lives but by the time they get to the ballot box it’s not usually the most important thing on their mind. Adding this study to the list with ULEZ and LTNs. Should provide reassurance to politicians of the scope to implement progressive & environmental transport policies

PARIS: In the last 20 years, 44ha of Paris car parking has been transformed, making room for wider sidewalks, bikes & buses (15ha), bike racks, EV spots, accessible space, & 2.2K new patios/terraces for outdoor dining. 90% of Paris trips are via walking, biking & transit. V/@villedeparis.bsky.social

Never forget that while this government is prepared to ruin the lives of disabled people for the sake of £5bn, it is simultaneously lavishing far greater sums on pointless and destructive white elephants, of which this is just one.

Please write to the East Midlands Mayor. Instead of new roads we should be funding transport that benefits everyone such as better rural bus services, ensuring new developments are not car-dependent and making streets safer and more people-friendly. actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered a speech about the spending review in Parliament today but there was no news on the A38 scheme announced. It may be that we hear news on the A38 in the 10 year infrastructure strategy possibly in a weeks time. www.a38derbychaos.org/news/press-r...

The A38 road expansion in Derby is an outdated scheme that assumes roads can keep expanding, destroying nearby nature, green spaces and homes so that traffic can keep increasing indefinitely. Write and demand investment in sustainable transport instead: www.a38derbychaos.org/take-action

The Chancellor of the Exchequer’s announcement of a £15.6 billion boost for modern public transport projects in England’s city regions outside London is welcome. Now scrap the LTC. Instead rail, tram, bus and ferry solutions should be developed. transportactionnetwork.org.uk/boost-for-pu...

Revealed: 5,000 English nature sites at risk under Labour’s planning proposals Planning bill includes mechanism for developers to ‘pay to pollute’ valuable ecosystems, experts warn www.theguardian.com/environment/...

We're running a webinar on speaking or meeting with YOUR MP on Carbon Capture Wednesday June 11th 1900. Sign up here : www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/not-a-solu... Please watch and share Instagram reel! 🙏 www.instagram.com/reel/DKey25E...