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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Steven Morris

Welsh road building projects stopped after failing climate review

Menai bridge crossing from Anglesey to the mainland in Wales, UK.
Among the projects halted was a third Menai bridge linking Anglesey and the Welsh mainland. Photograph: Rachel Husband/Alamy

Dozens of road building projects across Wales have been halted or amended as part of a “groundbreaking” policy that reassessed more than 50 schemes against a series of tough tests on their impact on the climate emergency.

Only 15 of the projects reviewed by an expert roads review panel will go ahead in their original form, with others scaled back, postponed or in some cases shelved.

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