The Unofficial Weymouth & Portland 2012 Olympic Blog

The campaigners have come out shouting after the governments decision not to hold a public enquiry over the long disputed £77 million relief road.

The air is being heated by CPRE (Campaign to Protect Rural England) condemning the decision as controversial and highly damaging, adding that ‘not calling for a public enquiry could threaten our finest landscapes and rarest habitats throughout England’.

They said not calling it in for a public inquiry ‘could threaten our finest landscapes and rarest habitats throughout England’ adding that the road “would generate a significant amount of carbon dioxide in its first year alone”, but surely not as much as the jam of cars with their engines running in a near stationary position on Dorchester road… every day!