So the greed of the South East England Development Agency, (Seeda) and its dystopian vision of a road-scarred countryside has won.
We will have a Hastings-to-Bexhill link road across the beautiful landscape of Coombe Haven and Labour's last shreds of integrity have been blown away, as far as the environment is concerned. But who else could we trust back in 1997, after the Tories had done so much damage?
I guess Hastings and Bexhill will get the same treatment as Brighton and Hove - a wrecked urban fringe creating development threats, then a free-for-all to make money from rich incomers.
The politicians don't seem to care about locals, sustainability, wildlife or heritage and John Prescott's vision can only be that of a man blinded through compromise and expediency.
Alastair Darling? Just another name in the roll-call of transport ministers who have juggled the job like a hot potato, forgetting the green vision Labour once had.
"In trust for tomorrow", said their Nineties policy document on the environment. Today is tomorrow - betrayed.
-Peter Poole, Scar - (South Coast Against Roadbuilding), Hove
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