in october 2009 the cost estimate had risen to £1.3b with work due to start in 2012 and being completed in winter 2015/2016. the campaign for better transport was opposed to the plans, listing their reasons for objection as the carbon emissions the road would induce, the cost, and its negative impact on non-car travel. the coalition government suspended the scheme when it came into power, with philip hammond, the secretary of state for transport, suggesting that the scheme would be 'axed', and that the only way it would get built was as a toll road. that government money would not pay for the scheme was confirmed at the end of october, when roads minister mike penning said that the scheme was unaffordable and no longer offered acceptable value for money. the scheme was officially cancelled in 2010.