Plans to build a new fast access road to Cardiff Airport that could run close to important meadows – and a historic and award-winning village – in the Vale of Glamorgan are opposed by The National Trust Wales, the Echo reports. The Welsh Assembly Government has asked for the public’s view on 3 options for a road to the airport. But many people in the Vale do not want to see a new road at all, and the National Trust oppose all three.
Two of the three options centre on the A4232 from Junction 33 of the M4, with the third suggesting a new road link south of Junction 34 of the M4 with an eastern or western bypass at Pendoylan before linking with the A48 at Sycamore Cross.
Pendoylan has won the Best Kept Village competition several times. The third option was previously suggested by the Welsh Assembly Government in 2003 and was opposed by Vale council. It was later withdrawn but has now been reintroduced.
National Trust has raised concerns about all 3 options, but has expressed particular worries about the third option. Lanlay Meadows, on the edge of Peterston-super-Ely, are held in the trust’s protective ownership. Although not directly on any of the proposed routes, the trust says they could be affected by the proposals
In its submission to the Assembly Government, the trust says: ‘We are concerned about the potential impact on Lanlay Meadows and the wider landscape of which they are part. We are also concerned about the consequences of the proposals for greenhouse gas emissions.'
‘We consider that the costs and benefits of improving access to Cardiff Airport need to be re-evaluated in the light of the Assembly Government’s commitment to reduce both greenhouse gases and dependence on the private car.'
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