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Monday, March 28, 2005

M74 protesters vow to fight link

"We will cause maximum disruption, targeting their show homes and disrupting their AGMs"
Rosie Kane, Socialist MSP

Campaigners opposed to the M74 motorway extension in Glasgow have vowed to take their fight to the companies who will build the controversial link.
The five-mile stretch of road has been given the go-ahead despite a public inquiry ruling against it.
Supporters said the link would tackle Glasgow's traffic problems.
But protesters have promised to "up the ante" and take direct action which would cause "maximum disruption" to the firms involved in the project.
The campaign set up to oppose the new road, Jam 74, is also planning direct action similar to the treetop protest against the M77 which ended in 1995.
Jam 74 (Joint Action Against the M74 ) said the new link was a waste of £500m of public money and would only lead to more traffic congestion.
Scottish Socialist Party MSP Rosie Kane said: "These firms will be profiting from the misery of communities and so we're going to up the ante and pay them a visit.
"We will cause maximum disruption, targeting their show homes and disrupting their AGMs.
"We will also take direct action against the Scottish Executive and chambers of commerce who back the road."
She said the road would pass over a community with one of the lowest car ownership rates in Europe.
"This road is not built for them and won't benefit them," said the MSP, whose Govanhill home lies beneath the proposed route.

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