Earth First! Action Update
Archive of the Earth First! Action Update – the newsletter of the UK EF! network 1991-2012
EFAU 54 - December 1998Back to list of articles in this issue
Birmingham Northern Relief Road protest
On the roof of a defended building in Birmingham

BNRR Solidarity Sabotage

The EF!AU has received a communique from 'Yorkshire ELF' stating that early on the 28th November activists trashed an earth-mover and two diggers on the new A1 - M1 link road, between York & Wakefield. The DBFO road is being built by Kvaerner (who own Balfour Beatty & BICC). Kvaerner & Autostrada are the firms behind the Connect consortium, who are trying to build the 'New M6' north of Birmingham.

Crowbars were used to force locked engines and cabs open, cables cut, engines sabotaged and graffiti sprayed. Damage is estimated in the £1000's and increased security and overtime have been caused. More importantly, solidarity has been shown, as the perpetrators explain: 'Although we cannot be at the BNRR protest site, we are still throwing spanners in the works. More people need to take solidarity direct action' .