M74: Heading in the Wrong Direction (2006)

M74: Heading in the Wrong Direction

2006

Synopsis

The M74 northern extension is a five-mile, six-lane elevated urban motorway in Glasgow. The road became the costliest stretch of tarmac per mile in the whole of the UK upon completion, rising to £692m on completion in 2011. This film provides an important document of the important anti-roads struggle which contested it, and of the complete betrayal of the democratic process by the Scottish Government, which rejected the advice of an independent inquiry not to proceed.

Credits

Director

Neil Gray