CALLS have been made to scrap the A417 ‘Loop’ for a more environmentally-friendly approach.

Elkstone resident Christine Shine has set up a petition to abandon the proposals to turn the single-carriageway stretch of the A417 between the Air Balloon roundabout and Nettleton Bottom into a dual-carriageway.

The £225m scheme has been backed by 6,000 residents and businesses across Gloucestershire and the government is due to decide whether to fund it.

But Christine believes this will make the road effectively a motorway between the M4 and M5 and lead to more traffic.

Visit change.org/p/no-loop-scheme-in-the-cotswolds-aonb to support the petition.