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New Road Through the Clent Hills

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New Road Through the Clent Hills

Clent village in Worcestershire prepares itself to be divided by a new 'tarmac scar'.

Worcestershire County Council want to build a new feeder road to take traffic to and from Stourbridge to the new M5 motorway. Standing in the path of the bulldozers is the picturesque village of Clent where the residents aren't happy. The long standing local vicar Gwynfor John is amongst those objecting to the route that will destroy this 'playground of the Black County' and, as he points out, if the village is split he will become a minister for two foals rather than a flock.

The people of Clent got their wish and Worcestershire County Council changed the route of the feeder road moving it further to the west. The new route became the A491 Stourbridge road. Work began on the M5 motorway in April 1960.

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