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And talking of roads - yes, I know you weren't, but I was - a judge has rejected a legal challenge to the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route saying that protesters had plenty of opportunities to make their voices heard. Except they hadn't, which is why they were challenging it in court.
It now seems inevitable that this road will be built. There's already £100 million been spent on buying up tracts of land and evicting schools just to please the motorist. I wonder how much extra public transport we could have had in Aberdeen for the projected £400 million the road will cost? You know, something that would actually make a difference to traffic on the roads, enhance the communities and lower air pollution.
Instead of concreting over nature and killing 600 people a year in a vain attempt to shave a few minutes off a car journey.
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