Residents Against The M74

Community Campaigning against the M74, Glasgow is going well. On November 15th, fifty people from various groups turned up at Glasgow's City Chambers, depositing what was allegedly chromium and arsenic polluted soil. The aim was to highlight the fact that the TEN LANE motorway will disturb dangerous toxic waste dumps. Ten police and two vans were present for an hour.

On November 20th, action shifted to "Govern Hill Park" - 100 yards from the proposed route. Workers intended to cut down 25 trees. Locals got in the way of the chainsaws, saving 18 trees. The architectural plan was to cut down the trees, then to make the park look 'nice'. Sound familiar? Glasgow is to become the 'City of Culture' in 1999. Nobody's asking the communities what they want - just getting them used to the destruction.

Get involved in this 'funky' campaign - 0141 4241797, 0141 423078. 0141 5501745, 0141 2265066. Write to the Sec of State for Scotland to object - they have the final say on the development: Secretary of State for Scotland, New St Andrews House, Edinburgh, EH1 3TA.