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13th July 1985, Page 13
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OPENING of the DartTunnel's three new toll is will only postpone traffic delays for a few according to Movefor London.

opening of the new hs last week is not ;h action from the Govent, the British Road ration associate group ivers can expect daily ups at Dartford by 1988, he Government does not to open a new crossing e 1995 at the earliest, it the late Eighties and Nineties, summer traffic )e waiting for up to one and 49 nnnutes at the els, according to the rnment's own figures, Anent for London said. iffic is up seven per cent 'ear compared with 1984, road users can expect hold-ups of 10 minutes on as the M25 is corn' in November 1986.

hese figures confirm our t fears that the Dartford lel is becoming Britain's st planned bottleneck. Government's reaction ommission a feasibility , into how a new crossnight be built — is too too late," Movement ..ondon secretary Jeremy ksley replied. Instead he called for Transport Minister Lynda Chalker to insist that the study is ready by this Christmas, so that she can announce in the New Year how the Government is going to tackle the problem.

"Unless she takes this bold action there will be little to celebrate next year when the ilbn M25 is complete, be

• The BRF said the Government's new road programme (CM, June 29) does not preserve the road investment already made, as it claims.

The new BRF leaflet Our Roads: A Neglected Asset produces evidence which contrasts strongly with the Government's claims, it said.

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