regional manager of Calbarrie, a fire threat assessment

A Westcountry businessman desires to extend the M5 motorway to Plymouth in a bid to put the city on a par with other Links of London elements on the region and attract major corporations to relocate.



Nigel Rees, regional manager of Calbarrie, a fire threat assessment and gear servicing organization, claims growth during the city is getting stunted through the lack of infrastructure and has launched a petition.



He aims to acquire one hundred,000 signatures and force a Household of Commons debate within the challenge.



Now he's calling for help.



Mr Rees said: "If a brand new company looks to relocate towards the South West they'll not take into consideration Plymouth as the motorway ends at Exeter.



"Exeter features a excellent train and airport hyperlink to London but Plymouth doesn't, so if we extend the M5 we'll guarantee business enterprise growth and therefore jobs while in the city.



"There are far more people out of work in Plymouth than Exeter and this really is enormously Links of London Charms influenced from the travel infrastructure.



"At least this will likely enable the folks in power in London to recognise there's one more city inside the South West aside from Bristol and Exeter."



At present the M5 ends just south of Exeter with motorists choosing the A30 to Cornwall or the A38 Devon Expressway to Plymouth plus the A380 to Torbay.



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



Even so, he predicted that widening the A38 would cause "immense devastation" by way of Devon and said current environmental legislation and attitudes created the operate "impossible".