In the name of the planet, Wales curtails roadbuilding
A debate about climate and cars
The 21st century is a strain on two wonders of the 19th. Thomas Telford’s suspension bridge over the narrow Menai Strait, between Anglesey and the Welsh mainland, was the biggest of its kind when completed in 1826. When it was shut for repairs between October and February, cars clogged the bigger Britannia Bridge, a little to the west, which was opened in 1850 and carries both rail and road traffic. The Britannia Bridge anyway gets congested at peak times—so much so that in 2018 the Welsh government (then a Labour-led coalition) promised a third road bridge.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “A bridge too far”
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