Cornish campaigners have announced they will be taking part in a National Road Rebellion Day to demand a rethink over plans for a new road in the Duchy.

Protestors from Roads Rebellion, an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion, will be gathering in a field at Zelah Bridge over the A30 on Saturday, January 29 at 10am in an attempt to force the government to rethink the Chiverton to Carland A30 new-build road.

The organisers claim that the building of the new road has destroyed many fields in the area and that they'll keep fighting the plans.

A spokesperson for Roads Rebellion said: "The government has started to cancel some road projects even at the 11th hour and can change this design.

"We demand a halt to this particular road.

"Road Investment Strategy 2 projects will cost £27 billion in total.

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"The Department for Transport did not make public any CO2 emissions forecast for Cornwall’s new 8.7 mile road at public consultation/design stages.

"These estimates, combined with others around the UK are likely to be out by a factor of 100, an expert witness in the High Court has said."

"This grave error in calculations means that we, the public deserve a rethink on new roadbuilding, proper scrutiny of the mistaken decisions to build alongside an existing 30 year-old road, close to a village, rather than widening it. We demand a HALT NOW.

"The emissions from transport, new road building, induced traffic and increased speed impact the environment more than from any other sector and have not reduced since 1990.

"We can reverse this dreadful legacy."

If you'd like to take part in the demonstration, contact: thesefieldshavenames@gmail.com