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Like I said, Welsh nationalists want to improve north/south transport links to unify Wales culturally and economically. English and British nationalists don't.
I spend quite a bit of time in north east Wales and it has anglicised dramatically since the 1980s - since they dualled the A55 up to Conwy. I think that a dual carriageway from Monmouth to Wrexham would be a great idea, bypassing Hereford and the other bypass-less towns along the border. Plenty do have bypasses that could be incorporated.
People from Cheshire, north Staffs, Lancashire, Yorkshire and all points north could then travel to mid, west and south Wales without having to pass through the West Midlands conurbation. Hereford is allegedly the only city in England without a bypass, although I'm sure that a western route has been under consideration for decades. Transiting Hereford takes around 30 mins and makes the Cardiff to Wrexham journey via this route much longer in terms of time than the M50/M5/M6 choice.
I think that the benefits to the UK and to Wales of building a dualled Monmouth/Wrexham road would be tremendous.
It seems that Tory MP - likely to be reelected I think - Owen Paterson agrees with me, regarding the Shrewsbury to Wrexham stretch anyway. http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-w ... n-12688329
If this were to be built, and the Hereford bypass built, then eventually we could end up with a dual carriageway linking north and south Wales - in England! But Welsh beggars can't be choosers and I'd be happy-ish with this.
I spend quite a bit of time in north east Wales and it has anglicised dramatically since the 1980s - since they dualled the A55 up to Conwy. I think that a dual carriageway from Monmouth to Wrexham would be a great idea, bypassing Hereford and the other bypass-less towns along the border. Plenty do have bypasses that could be incorporated.
People from Cheshire, north Staffs, Lancashire, Yorkshire and all points north could then travel to mid, west and south Wales without having to pass through the West Midlands conurbation. Hereford is allegedly the only city in England without a bypass, although I'm sure that a western route has been under consideration for decades. Transiting Hereford takes around 30 mins and makes the Cardiff to Wrexham journey via this route much longer in terms of time than the M50/M5/M6 choice.
I think that the benefits to the UK and to Wales of building a dualled Monmouth/Wrexham road would be tremendous.
It seems that Tory MP - likely to be reelected I think - Owen Paterson agrees with me, regarding the Shrewsbury to Wrexham stretch anyway. http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-w ... n-12688329
If this were to be built, and the Hereford bypass built, then eventually we could end up with a dual carriageway linking north and south Wales - in England! But Welsh beggars can't be choosers and I'd be happy-ish with this.