Shrewsbury MP Daniel Kawczynski should direct his frustration at delays around the North West Relief Road to Shropshire Council, not the Environment Agency, campaigners say.
Campaigners against the controversial road project at Better Shrewsbury Transport have written their own letter to Environment Secretary Therese Coffey after the MP asked for the project to be sped up.delays around the North West Relief Road after Mr Kawczynski recently wrote to her, bemoaning the"excessive and continuous demands" of the Environment Agency.
"The EA has been very consistent in its advice to Shropshire Council over the last 18 years, pointing out that it has a duty to protect Shrewsbury’s drinking water supply and the safest way to do this is to encourage the council to select a different route for the proposed road. "The council was unable to complete the site investigations that it had planned to support the planning application for the NWRR in a timely manner due to a combination of Covid restrictions and local flooding.
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