The economic case for a wider A38 is collapsing. Meanwhile, our case for cancelling a scheme which costs far more than it delivers has never been stronger.

We don't need bigger roads; we need transport infrastructure that works for people and planet. The alternatives to road expansion are available and pretty obvious. We included the suggestions of more than 200 supporters in our response to the DfT consultation.

Last week, we submitted our formal response to the Departmemt of Transport consultation on cancelling the A38 & A46 schemes. We’re publishing the full response because the evidence should speak for itself.

The Department Of Transport is consulting on saving hundreds of millions of pounds by potentially cancelling the A38 scheme (as well as the A46 Newark Bypass).

Help get the A38 Derby Junctions @stopa38expansion.bsky.social and A46 Newark Bypass scrapped for good! The Department for Transport is consulting on cuts to roads funding, and is proposing to scrap these two destructive schemes. Please support their cancellation actionnetwork.org/letters/lets...

Let’s get damaging road schemes cancelled and save active travel!

The Department for Transport (DfT) is consulting on cutting its road investment strategy (RIS3), to fund defence. They are currently consulting a small number of stakeholders but we want to make sure ...

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Pressure is building on Mayor Claire Ward and other representatives to put people and planet before short-term profit. 🧵

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It's not over yet! Government may decide to axe the A38 scheme in favour of military spending but until the blade has officially fallen, the fight goes on. 🙏🏼 If you haven't yet sent a letter to decision-makers demanding for its cancellation please do so here: actionnetwork.org/letters/a38-...

Fixed it for you, Mayor Ward. A new study reports that there were 2,700 excess deaths due to extreme heat across May and June with scientists estimating that the climate crisis added between 3-4°C to maximum temperatures.

The Department for Transport has confirmed the A38 Derby Junctions scheme faces potential cancellation, as the Government consults on reallocating roads funding toward national defence. 🧵

The UK faces a growing climate and nature emergency, yet most people have never been fully briefed on what it means for our lives and future. A new film from the National Emergency Briefing explains the risks and the credible, positive responses available. 📍Derby QUAD

The UK is facing another dangerous heatwave, yet the Government is still pushing ahead with the climate-wrecking A38 expansion. More emissions. More traffic. 11.8 hectares of mature trees lost. This is what climate failure looks like.

🚦The A38 expansion is being sold as a solution to congestion but during the scheme's planning examination, Derby City Council identified significant increases in traffic on local roads as a direct consequence of the scheme.

Have you sent letters yet? The case for expansion is weak and now is the time to apply collective pressure! It takes less than 2 minutes and could make all the difference 🙏🏼 actionnetwork.org/letters/a38-...

The A38 scheme's economic case is collapsing. Now is the time to apply pressure! It takes just 2 minutes to send a pre-written email to tell decision makers to use their common sense. The A38 scheme is a disaster waiting to happen. Cancel it NOW! l1nq.com/f1ddshm

🚚🚛 A new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists warns that powerful highway, trucking, oil and roadbuilding lobby groups have spent decades pushing road expansion in the US while public transport was neglected.

We drove - nay, crawled - past these t'other day, and my daughter asked why they were closed up. So I explained, it's to enable more road building instead of investment in public transport and city housing. We're leaving a terrible legacy

Stop the A38 Expansion@stopa38expansion.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🏚 The biggest reason the expanded A38 will eventually fill up is simple: it is being used to enable thousands of new car dependent homes in the wrong places.

🏚 The biggest reason the expanded A38 will eventually fill up is simple: it is being used to enable thousands of new car dependent homes in the wrong places.

🚧 The A38 expansion reflects the same failed transport logic that reshaped much of the US into a deeply car dependent society.

🚧 The A38 scheme is being sold as a fix for congestion, growth and safety but National Highways’ own evidence does not support it.

🚨 Is this the future for the A38? Aerial images of the A47 works in Norfolk show the scale of destruction: trees and habitats lost, rising emissions, and years of disruption for residents.

It’s not the first time the Derby Telegraph has misrepresented information or made incorrect claims about the A38 Expansion. 🚩 We’re setting the record straight on the latest "announcement." ⬇️ 1/5

"The A38 is not a victim of vexatious legal challenges. It is a project repeatedly exposed for weak appraisal, unlawful approval and economic obsolescence, problems of the Government’s own making both under Conservatives and Labour."

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Stop the A38 Expansion@stopa38expansion.bsky.social · 8mo ago

£600M A38 Derby Junctions “upgrade” hides spiralling costs, governance failures, authorities ignoring warnings and secrecy. No full business case, outdated scheme, collapsing BCR and hidden economic assessments. Read the full analysis: www.a38derbychaos.org/news/a38-der...

£600M A38 Derby Junctions “upgrade” hides spiralling costs, governance failures, authorities ignoring warnings and secrecy. No full business case, outdated scheme, collapsing BCR and hidden economic assessments. Read the full analysis: www.a38derbychaos.org/news/a38-der...

A38 Derby Junctions Road Upgrade: £600M Contract and Market Engagement Overshadowed by Project Failures — Stop the A38 road expansion

National Highways has issued a £600M market engagement notice for the long-delayed A38 Derby Junctions scheme, offering a ten-year design and build contract. Despite this, the project faces major cost...

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Have your say on transport in the East Midlands 🚍 Mayor’s Transport Plan consultation is open until 8 Feb 2026. A key chance to oppose destructive, wasteful road schemes and support public transport and active travel. 👉 Please complete the survey (10 mins): eu.surveymonkey.com/r/EMCCA-indi...

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Stop the A38 Expansion@stopa38expansion.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Before/after visual of the A38 expansion at Kingsway roundabout. It would fell thousands of trees, cut into Mackworth Park, damage Bramble Brook, destroy a local wildlife site, and worsen noise, light & air pollution. More: www.a38derbychaos.org

'This is no longer a risk, it is an emergency,' explain climate experts to more than a thousand British MPs and civil society leaders. theecologist.org/2025/dec/01/...

'If we take action, we might survive'

'This is no longer a risk, it is an emergency,' explain climate experts to more than a thousand British MPs and civil society leaders.

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Before/after visual of the A38 expansion at Kingsway roundabout. It would fell thousands of trees, cut into Mackworth Park, damage Bramble Brook, destroy a local wildlife site, and worsen noise, light & air pollution. More: www.a38derbychaos.org

Over 5,450 letters sent demanding Govt stop throwing £100s of millions at destructive road schemes & invest in rail electrification instead. ✅ Cleaner & less harmful ✅ Improves train services ✅ Shifts freight off roads ✅ More jobs than roadbuilding Write today: actionnetwork.org/letters/take...

Take Action: Write to Politicians – Demand Rail Investment, Scrap the A38 Expansion

The Government’s recent spending review paused Phase 3 of the Midland Mainline electrification—despite clear evidence it would deliver nearly £400 million in local economic benefit, create 5,000 skill...

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