The legality of the government’s second Road Investment Strategy (RIS2) will be determined during a two day High Court hearing starting today.
Campaigners from Transport Action Network (TAN) claim that transport secretary Grant Shapps broke the law when approving the £27.4bn RIS2 by failing to consider its effects on the environment.
pictured) are among the major projects which will get underway by 2025.
In particular, the High Court claim states that there was a failure to take into account the UK’s net zero carbon emissions target as well as the Paris Climate Agreement. It adds that the government “failed to carry out Strategic Environmental Assessment of RIS2”.