Channel tunnel to go ahead - Reaction to decision

Title

Channel tunnel to go ahead - Reaction to decision

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

21 Jan 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:03:19

Description

Report on reaction to the announcement that a rail-only Channel tunnel will be constructed and that Channel Tunnel Group has won the bid. Reaction from Robin Grove-White of the Council for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE); David Filsell of the Automobile Association (AA); Gladys Payne(?), leader of Dover District Council; Jonathan Sloggett of pressure group Flexilink. Female reporter not identified.

Contributors

David Filsell; Robin Grove-White; Jonathan Sloggett; Gladys Payne(?)

Keywords

AA; UK; Kent; Unemployment; Railways; Road transport; France; Environment; Channel tunnels; Ferries; Channel Tunnel Group; Harbours; Dover; Human activities impact; CPRE

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