White Horse Alliance

The White Horse Alliance is an umbrella organisation for local people and environmental groups who are campaigning to preserve the countryside around Westbury in Wiltshire, and who oppose a road in the Wellhead Valley, at the foot of the Westbury White Horse.

Wiltshire County Council wants to create a "strategic route" between the south coast and the M4 motorway, defying the regional strategy and rejecting transport solutions which reduce traffic and pollution. The proposed road - the A350 Westbury Eastern Bypass - is three and a third miles long (5.4 km) and costs about £ 35 million. It will remove lorry traffic from outside 230 properties in Westbury but it is opposed by the majority of the town's 10,000 residents and neighbouring villages.

Latest News :

March 2008: The White Horse Alliance against the Westbury Bypass has won a key battle to get the public inquiry into the bypass postponed. The Government agreed with the solicitors acting for the White Horse Alliance that the inquiry start date should have been set in consultation with objectors not just at the convenience of roadbuilders Wiltshire County Council. The inquiry start date has now been postponed to 17 June 2008.

June 2008: The inquiry has begun! Read details on the group's blog.

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