Stop the A38 Expansion
@stopa38expansion.bsky.social
We're a group of concerned local residents who have been taking our government to court since 2021 to stop the A38 Derby junctions road scheme.
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The Department for Transport has confirmed the A38 Derby Junctions scheme faces potential cancellation, as the Government consults on reallocating roads funding toward national defence. 🧵
Last week, we submitted our formal response to the Departmemt of Transport consultation on cancelling the A38 & A46 schemes.
We’re publishing the full response because the evidence should speak for itself.
We’re publishing the full response because the evidence should speak for itself.
September 19, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Last week, we submitted our formal response to the Departmemt of Transport consultation on cancelling the A38 & A46 schemes.
We’re publishing the full response because the evidence should speak for itself.
We’re publishing the full response because the evidence should speak for itself.
The Department Of Transport is consulting on saving hundreds of millions of pounds by potentially cancelling the A38 scheme (as well as the A46 Newark Bypass).
September 13, 2026 at 5:02 PM
The Department Of Transport is consulting on saving hundreds of millions of pounds by potentially cancelling the A38 scheme (as well as the A46 Newark Bypass).
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Help get the A38 Derby Junctions @stopa38expansion.bsky.social and A46 Newark Bypass scrapped for good!
The Department for Transport is consulting on cuts to roads funding, and is proposing to scrap these two destructive schemes. Please support their cancellation
actionnetwork.org/letters/lets...
The Department for Transport is consulting on cuts to roads funding, and is proposing to scrap these two destructive schemes. Please support their cancellation
actionnetwork.org/letters/lets...
Let’s get damaging road schemes cancelled and save active travel!
The Department for Transport (DfT) is consulting on cutting its road investment strategy (RIS3), to fund defence. They are currently consulting a small number of stakeholders but we want to make sure ...
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September 8, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Help get the A38 Derby Junctions @stopa38expansion.bsky.social and A46 Newark Bypass scrapped for good!
The Department for Transport is consulting on cuts to roads funding, and is proposing to scrap these two destructive schemes. Please support their cancellation
actionnetwork.org/letters/lets...
The Department for Transport is consulting on cuts to roads funding, and is proposing to scrap these two destructive schemes. Please support their cancellation
actionnetwork.org/letters/lets...
Pressure is building on Mayor Claire Ward and other representatives to put people and planet before short-term profit.
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August 18, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Pressure is building on Mayor Claire Ward and other representatives to put people and planet before short-term profit.
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🧵 True or False?
July 30, 2026 at 4:09 PM
🧵 True or False?
It's not over yet!
Government may decide to axe the A38 scheme in favour of military spending but until the blade has officially fallen, the fight goes on.
🙏🏼 If you haven't yet sent a letter to decision-makers demanding for its cancellation please do so here: actionnetwork.org/letters/a38-...
Government may decide to axe the A38 scheme in favour of military spending but until the blade has officially fallen, the fight goes on.
🙏🏼 If you haven't yet sent a letter to decision-makers demanding for its cancellation please do so here: actionnetwork.org/letters/a38-...
July 17, 2026 at 4:14 PM
It's not over yet!
Government may decide to axe the A38 scheme in favour of military spending but until the blade has officially fallen, the fight goes on.
🙏🏼 If you haven't yet sent a letter to decision-makers demanding for its cancellation please do so here: actionnetwork.org/letters/a38-...
Government may decide to axe the A38 scheme in favour of military spending but until the blade has officially fallen, the fight goes on.
🙏🏼 If you haven't yet sent a letter to decision-makers demanding for its cancellation please do so here: actionnetwork.org/letters/a38-...
Fixed it for you, Mayor Ward.
A new study reports that there were 2,700 excess deaths due to extreme heat across May and June with scientists estimating that the climate crisis added between 3-4°C to maximum temperatures.
A new study reports that there were 2,700 excess deaths due to extreme heat across May and June with scientists estimating that the climate crisis added between 3-4°C to maximum temperatures.
July 13, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Fixed it for you, Mayor Ward.
A new study reports that there were 2,700 excess deaths due to extreme heat across May and June with scientists estimating that the climate crisis added between 3-4°C to maximum temperatures.
A new study reports that there were 2,700 excess deaths due to extreme heat across May and June with scientists estimating that the climate crisis added between 3-4°C to maximum temperatures.
The Department for Transport has confirmed the A38 Derby Junctions scheme faces potential cancellation, as the Government consults on reallocating roads funding toward national defence. 🧵
June 30, 2026 at 7:28 PM
The Department for Transport has confirmed the A38 Derby Junctions scheme faces potential cancellation, as the Government consults on reallocating roads funding toward national defence. 🧵
The UK faces a growing climate and nature emergency, yet most people have never been fully briefed on what it means for our lives and future. A new film from the National Emergency Briefing explains the risks and the credible, positive responses available.
📍Derby QUAD
📍Derby QUAD
June 25, 2026 at 2:51 PM
The UK faces a growing climate and nature emergency, yet most people have never been fully briefed on what it means for our lives and future. A new film from the National Emergency Briefing explains the risks and the credible, positive responses available.
📍Derby QUAD
📍Derby QUAD
The UK is facing another dangerous heatwave, yet the Government is still pushing ahead with the climate-wrecking A38 expansion.
More emissions. More traffic. 11.8 hectares of mature trees lost.
This is what climate failure looks like.
More emissions. More traffic. 11.8 hectares of mature trees lost.
This is what climate failure looks like.
June 23, 2026 at 3:57 PM
The UK is facing another dangerous heatwave, yet the Government is still pushing ahead with the climate-wrecking A38 expansion.
More emissions. More traffic. 11.8 hectares of mature trees lost.
This is what climate failure looks like.
More emissions. More traffic. 11.8 hectares of mature trees lost.
This is what climate failure looks like.
🚦The A38 expansion is being sold as a solution to congestion but during the scheme's planning examination, Derby City Council identified significant increases in traffic on local roads as a direct consequence of the scheme.
June 14, 2026 at 7:26 PM
🚦The A38 expansion is being sold as a solution to congestion but during the scheme's planning examination, Derby City Council identified significant increases in traffic on local roads as a direct consequence of the scheme.
Have you sent letters yet?
The case for expansion is weak and now is the time to apply collective pressure! It takes less than 2 minutes and could make all the difference 🙏🏼
actionnetwork.org/letters/a38-...
The case for expansion is weak and now is the time to apply collective pressure! It takes less than 2 minutes and could make all the difference 🙏🏼
actionnetwork.org/letters/a38-...
June 6, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Have you sent letters yet?
The case for expansion is weak and now is the time to apply collective pressure! It takes less than 2 minutes and could make all the difference 🙏🏼
actionnetwork.org/letters/a38-...
The case for expansion is weak and now is the time to apply collective pressure! It takes less than 2 minutes and could make all the difference 🙏🏼
actionnetwork.org/letters/a38-...
The A38 scheme's economic case is collapsing. Now is the time to apply pressure!
It takes just 2 minutes to send a pre-written email to tell decision makers to use their common sense. The A38 scheme is a disaster waiting to happen. Cancel it NOW! l1nq.com/f1ddshm
It takes just 2 minutes to send a pre-written email to tell decision makers to use their common sense. The A38 scheme is a disaster waiting to happen. Cancel it NOW! l1nq.com/f1ddshm
May 30, 2026 at 5:16 PM
The A38 scheme's economic case is collapsing. Now is the time to apply pressure!
It takes just 2 minutes to send a pre-written email to tell decision makers to use their common sense. The A38 scheme is a disaster waiting to happen. Cancel it NOW! l1nq.com/f1ddshm
It takes just 2 minutes to send a pre-written email to tell decision makers to use their common sense. The A38 scheme is a disaster waiting to happen. Cancel it NOW! l1nq.com/f1ddshm
🚚🚛 A new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists warns that powerful highway, trucking, oil and roadbuilding lobby groups have spent decades pushing road expansion in the US while public transport was neglected.
May 24, 2026 at 6:58 PM
🚚🚛 A new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists warns that powerful highway, trucking, oil and roadbuilding lobby groups have spent decades pushing road expansion in the US while public transport was neglected.
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We drove - nay, crawled - past these t'other day, and my daughter asked why they were closed up. So I explained, it's to enable more road building instead of investment in public transport and city housing. We're leaving a terrible legacy
🏚 The biggest reason the expanded A38 will eventually fill up is simple: it is being used to enable thousands of new car dependent homes in the wrong places.
May 17, 2026 at 1:00 PM
We drove - nay, crawled - past these t'other day, and my daughter asked why they were closed up. So I explained, it's to enable more road building instead of investment in public transport and city housing. We're leaving a terrible legacy
🏚 The biggest reason the expanded A38 will eventually fill up is simple: it is being used to enable thousands of new car dependent homes in the wrong places.
May 17, 2026 at 12:52 PM
🏚 The biggest reason the expanded A38 will eventually fill up is simple: it is being used to enable thousands of new car dependent homes in the wrong places.
🚧 The A38 expansion reflects the same failed transport logic that reshaped much of the US into a deeply car dependent society.
May 9, 2026 at 9:06 PM
🚧 The A38 expansion reflects the same failed transport logic that reshaped much of the US into a deeply car dependent society.
🚧 The A38 scheme is being sold as a fix for congestion, growth and safety but National Highways’ own evidence does not support it.
May 3, 2026 at 8:24 PM
🚧 The A38 scheme is being sold as a fix for congestion, growth and safety but National Highways’ own evidence does not support it.
🚨 Is this the future for the A38?
Aerial images of the A47 works in Norfolk show the scale of destruction: trees and habitats lost, rising emissions, and years of disruption for residents.
Aerial images of the A47 works in Norfolk show the scale of destruction: trees and habitats lost, rising emissions, and years of disruption for residents.
April 29, 2026 at 8:03 PM
🚨 Is this the future for the A38?
Aerial images of the A47 works in Norfolk show the scale of destruction: trees and habitats lost, rising emissions, and years of disruption for residents.
Aerial images of the A47 works in Norfolk show the scale of destruction: trees and habitats lost, rising emissions, and years of disruption for residents.
It’s not the first time the Derby Telegraph has misrepresented information or made incorrect claims about the A38 Expansion. 🚩
We’re setting the record straight on the latest "announcement." ⬇️
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We’re setting the record straight on the latest "announcement." ⬇️
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March 27, 2026 at 12:03 PM
It’s not the first time the Derby Telegraph has misrepresented information or made incorrect claims about the A38 Expansion. 🚩
We’re setting the record straight on the latest "announcement." ⬇️
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We’re setting the record straight on the latest "announcement." ⬇️
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"The A38 is not a victim of vexatious legal challenges. It is a project repeatedly exposed for weak appraisal, unlawful approval and economic obsolescence, problems of the Government’s own making both under Conservatives and Labour."
February 27, 2026 at 12:19 PM
"The A38 is not a victim of vexatious legal challenges. It is a project repeatedly exposed for weak appraisal, unlawful approval and economic obsolescence, problems of the Government’s own making both under Conservatives and Labour."
£600M A38 Derby Junctions “upgrade” hides spiralling costs, governance failures, authorities ignoring warnings and secrecy. No full business case, outdated scheme, collapsing BCR and hidden economic assessments. Read the full analysis: www.a38derbychaos.org/news/a38-der...
A38 Derby Junctions Road Upgrade: £600M Contract and Market Engagement Overshadowed by Project Failures — Stop the A38 road expansion
National Highways has issued a £600M market engagement notice for the long-delayed A38 Derby Junctions scheme, offering a ten-year design and build contract. Despite this, the project faces major cost...
www.a38derbychaos.org
February 27, 2026 at 12:14 PM
£600M A38 Derby Junctions “upgrade” hides spiralling costs, governance failures, authorities ignoring warnings and secrecy. No full business case, outdated scheme, collapsing BCR and hidden economic assessments. Read the full analysis: www.a38derbychaos.org/news/a38-der...
Have your say on transport in the East Midlands 🚍
Mayor’s Transport Plan consultation is open until 8 Feb 2026.
A key chance to oppose destructive, wasteful road schemes and support public transport and active travel.
👉 Please complete the survey (10 mins):
eu.surveymonkey.com/r/EMCCA-indi...
Mayor’s Transport Plan consultation is open until 8 Feb 2026.
A key chance to oppose destructive, wasteful road schemes and support public transport and active travel.
👉 Please complete the survey (10 mins):
eu.surveymonkey.com/r/EMCCA-indi...
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January 27, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Have your say on transport in the East Midlands 🚍
Mayor’s Transport Plan consultation is open until 8 Feb 2026.
A key chance to oppose destructive, wasteful road schemes and support public transport and active travel.
👉 Please complete the survey (10 mins):
eu.surveymonkey.com/r/EMCCA-indi...
Mayor’s Transport Plan consultation is open until 8 Feb 2026.
A key chance to oppose destructive, wasteful road schemes and support public transport and active travel.
👉 Please complete the survey (10 mins):
eu.surveymonkey.com/r/EMCCA-indi...
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Still time to respond to the East Midland Mayor's transport consultation and ask for public transport not more roads eu.surveymonkey.com/r/EMCCA-indi...
January 27, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Still time to respond to the East Midland Mayor's transport consultation and ask for public transport not more roads eu.surveymonkey.com/r/EMCCA-indi...