NEWS ABOUT ROADS AND ROUTES TO NQRWICIIJ A Changed Route
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Suggestedifor M11 AS a basis for discussion with the local authorities affected, Mr. Tom Fraser, Minister of Transport, is suggesting a major change in the route of a substantial section of the proposed LondonBishop's Stortford .. motorway (MI1). Instead of running up the Lea Valley and north-west of Harlow, as proposed in the Essex and Hertfordshire County Development Plans, the route now preferred would run along the Roding Valley and by-pass Harlow and other towns to the east. Work on M1 1 is programmed to start in 196869 for completion by the early 1970s.
This motorway will form part of a
route starting in the heart of East London near Temple Mills Sidings, Leyton, and ending in a junction with the London-Norwich trunk road (All) north of Bishop's Stortford. Over the central
section, about 22 miles long, the pre^' liminary survey has been completed, and
the preferred route is being made public as a basis for discussion. The route which the Minister prefers starts in Woodford, Essex, and is shown on the map on the right. Mll will relieve All, especially on the congested section between Harlow and Leytonstone, of much commercial and private traffic.