M74 ENQUIRY “A VICTORY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CAMPAIGNERS”

Scottish Socialist Party MSP Rosie Kane today hailed the announcement of an enquiry into the M74 extension as “a major victory for environmental campaigners”.
Speaking at a press conference in the Scottish Parliament, Rosie said that the people of Glasgow demanded a genuine enquiry and “not a cosmetic exercise to justify the road.”
She said that she was worried that the enquiry was a “forgone conclusion” with the destination in place as a 2008 date has been set for the opening of the controversial extension.
Rosie said that the enquiry had to go out to the communities who would be affected by the projected 110,000 cars per day that would be ploughing through urban Glasgow.
Questioning the integrity of the Scottish Executive, Rosie wondered why it was that Labour had opposed the M74 extension in 1997 and yet had switched to supporting the project on their election to government.
“This road was conceived in 1965, the time of multi storey blocks of concrete that are now completely discredited. This road belongs to the same era and should not be allowed to blight our community in 2003 ” said Rosie.
Rosie called for a multi-model study of transport in Glasgow to allow people to make informed judgements on public and private transport requirements.