Protest march against Smart Motorways
****WE WILL NOT BE BLOCKING ANY ROADS OR GLUING OURSELVES TO ANYTHING***
Cost so far for this protest are over £4k, please help where you can. Even a small donation will help.
Donations & Payments can be made here – > https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/smart-motorways-kill
Donations & Payments can be made here – > https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/smart-motorways-kill
We can now receive donations via paypal too https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=LGRDMN2ZUVFVW
Agenda:
1.30pm Gather at Belvedere Road/Chicheley Street SE1 7GH
2pm March starts to Parliament Square
2.45pm Reach Parliament Square for short speeches
3.45pm Leave Parliament Square for Department of Transport, building on Horseferry Road, SW1P 4DR
5pm Coach Collection
1.30pm Gather at Belvedere Road/Chicheley Street SE1 7GH
2pm March starts to Parliament Square
2.45pm Reach Parliament Square for short speeches
3.45pm Leave Parliament Square for Department of Transport, building on Horseferry Road, SW1P 4DR
5pm Coach Collection
We will have a long procession of full size burial coffins with us, we feel the impact of seeing coffin, after coffin being carried across Westminster Bridge will have an impact that will drive our message home.
We have notified all relevant authorities an will not be creating a public nuisance. Our aim is to protect the public not annoy them.
planned protest route here
There will be a coach leaving from Rotherham (8.30 am) and Sheffield (9am) returning for approx. 9pm a donation of £10 a seat would be appreciated.
Please email info@smartmotorwayskill.co.uk to book seats
Facebook event details here https://www.facebook.com/events/169664018648971/?active_tab=discussion
Nearest Tube station: Westminster Tube Station
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Temporary Immediate Solution To Lack Of Hard Shoulders
I regularly travel on the M5 and M6 and the presence of smart sections on these cause me great concern.
Until, hopefully, a permanent solution is found I would like to suggest that an effective temporary hard shoulder could be established, almost overnight, by the extensive use of cones to indicate that the inside lane is now a “ hard shoulder”.
I have seen sections on these motorways cordoned off by cones for repair work and they seemed to be very effective in keeping traffic away from the inside lane.
Hi I understand your quite sensible concerns in having to use these motorways, but we wouldn’t need 200 miles of cones if the government saw sense, all they would have to do is flick the switch and turn the 1st lane off and we’d have our hard shoulder back.
Stay Safe
Claire Mercer