Newport: M4 Usk Crossing

Descripción

The M4 relief road is a proposed motorway south of the city of Newport, South Wales. Originally proposed in 1991, the scheme was dropped by the Welsh Assembly Government in 2009 when costs had risen to £1 billion. They were revived in 2011 with indications of support from the Treasury given in April 2013. There was controversial media speculation that it would be the United Kingdom's second full toll-paying motorway. In July 2014, the Welsh Transport Minister, Edwina Hart, stated that the scheme, following the so-called 'black route', would go ahead and could be completed by 2022.

This is the approximate site of the new M4 bridge crossing the River Usk

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M4_relief_road

Wales: Cultural Ecology Map 2
updated 07/2014 by Resilience Wales