Better Transport

The need to reduce CO2 emissions from the transport sector is made clear when you look at the Government's road building programme. Government data show that if the proposed roads were built, there'd be 770,000 extra tonnes of CO2 pumped into the air every year. The 10 worst roads alone would add 563,652 tonnes a year.

10 biggest carbon emittors

1. M1 J30 to J42 Widening
100,488 extra tonnes of CO2 a year

2. M62 Junction 6 Improvement
84,380 extra tonnes of CO2 a year

3. M25 J16-23 Widening
84,273 extra tonnes of CO2 a year

4. A14 Ellington - Fen Ditton Improvement
83,950 extra tonnes of CO2 a year

5. M25 J23-27 Widening
53,682 extra tonnes of CO2 a year

6. M1 J21-30 (phase 1)
39,318 extra tonnes of CO2 a year

7. M62 J25 to J27 Widening
36,450 extra tonnes of CO2 a year

8. M25 J27-30 Widening
30,760 extra tonnes of CO2 a year

9. M25 J5-7 Widening
30,272 extra tonnes of CO2 a year

10. A46 Newark - Widmerpool Improvement
20,079 extra tonnes of CO2 a year

Reference
The source of this data was supplied in Appraisal Summary Tables (ASTs) for all Highways Agency schemes, from a Parliamentary Written Answer, Hansard Column 1386W, 27 Mar 2007.