a fire chance assessment and equipment servicing business

A Westcountry businessman wants to extend the M5 motorway to Plymouth inside a bid to put the city on a par with other Links of London elements on the area and attract important companies to relocate.



Nigel Rees, regional manager of Calbarrie, a fire chance assessment and equipment servicing business, claims development within the city is getting stunted by the lack of infrastructure and has launched a petition.



He aims to collect 100,000 signatures and force a Household of Commons debate around the matter.



Now he's calling for help.



Mr Rees stated: "If a brand new enterprise looks to relocate towards the South West they'll not consider Plymouth because the motorway ends at Exeter.



"Exeter includes a excellent train and airport hyperlink to London but Plymouth does not, so if we extend the M5 we'll assure enterprise growth and hence jobs inside the city.



"There are additional individuals out of do the job in Plymouth than Exeter and that is tremendously influenced by the travel infrastructure.



"At least this may allow the people in power in London to recognise there is certainly another city Links of London Charms within the South West apart from Bristol and Exeter."



At the moment the M5 ends just south of Exeter with motorists opting for the A30 to Cornwall or the A38 Devon Expressway to Plymouth and also the A380 to Torbay.



Neil Mitchell, an independent regional transport analyst, based mostly in Devon, commended the enterprise of the new campaign, which revives a wish expressed lots of years ago.



Nonetheless, he predicted that widening the A38 would bring about "immense devastation" by way of Devon and mentioned present environmental legislation and attitudes created the perform "impossible".



"There is really a prolonged historical past of attempts to safe the extension with the M5 as well as the compromise in the 1990s Links of London Sale was the Devon Expressway," he added.