CALM - Campaign Against the Levels Motorway

Photo: CALM members

To relieve congestion on the M4 around Newport, the Welsh Assembly Government wants to build 24km of new motorway around the south of the city. If built the road would:

  • Cost hundreds of millions of pounds
  • Be Wales' first toll motorway
  • Increase traffic levels and pollution in South Wales
  • Devastate important wildlife sites including six Sites of Special Scientific Interest
  • Shatter the tranquillity of the Levels
  • Fuel dangerous climate change

We meet approximately every six weeks on Monday or Tuesday evenings at the Newport Civic Centre, Newport.

Sign our petition against the motorway

Latest News :

Protest against the Levels Motorway
23 September 2008:
CALM protest against the Levels Motorway on the steps of the Senedd, Cardiff Bay.

September 2008: Find out about the plans for the protest and more in CALM's September newsletter (PDF).

June 2008: CALM's June newsletter (PDF) includes a picture of Britain's biggest beetle, which would be threated by the motorway, as well as news from the Magor Fair where the group held a successful stall. 

March 2008: CALM has found some creative ways to spread its campaign message, and has been looking into how the motorway would affect local otter populations. Find out more in the group's March newsletter (PDF).

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