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A Westcountry businessman desires to extend the M5 motorway to Plymouth in the bid to place the city on a par with other elements Links of London of your region and entice significant corporations to relocate.



Nigel Rees, regional manager of Calbarrie, a fire danger evaluation and gear servicing provider, claims growth within the city is getting stunted by the lack of infrastructure and has launched a petition.



He aims to collect one hundred,000 signatures and force a Household of Commons debate on the matter.



Now he's calling for support.



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



"Exeter includes a good train and airport hyperlink to London but Plymouth doesn't, so if we extend the M5 we are going to ensure business enterprise development and for that reason jobs in the city.



"There are more individuals out of operate in Plymouth than Exeter and this is tremendously influenced from the travel infrastructure.



"At least this can permit the individuals in energy in London to recognise there exists a different city Links of London Charms while in the South West apart from Bristol and Exeter."



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



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



Even so, he predicted that widening the A38 would trigger "immense devastation" by way of Devon and mentioned present environmental legislation and attitudes made the function "impossible".



"There is a lengthy historical past of attempts to safe the extension in the M5 plus the compromise during the 1990s was Links of London Sale the Devon Expressway," he additional.