GLC drops £140m road schemes
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PROPOSALS for the massive £60m Pool of London roads and the 010m Docklands Southern Relief roads have been left out of the Greater London Council's 15-year roads priority plan published last week.
The plans sets out a £150m scheme for roads spending spread over the 15-year period. Other roads that have been given no estimated starting date include A13 Canning Town to Limehouse road that forms part of the proposed east-west route for lorries when the council's night ban plan (CM April 2) comes into effect.
Last week the c o unci 1 announced an ambitious plan' f o r break bulk complexes using the double bottom system and communal depots for small hauliers with facilities for drivers' overnight accommodation and servicing on Al2 (CM, April 9).
The plan also outlines the introduction of a new roads system that would have incorporated the roads that have been cut out of the 15-year plan.
The Docklands route and the Pool of London route were not on the list for discussion by the GLC transport committee when it met last week, but a statement from the GLC says that it is still concerned with the needs of East London being top priority in roadbuilding to suppo rt the long-awaited regeneration of the dock areas.
The transport committee's chairman, Mr Jim Daly, said last week that cash for road improvements was going to be short for a number of years.
" Many major road schemes which borough councils and other authorities cherish are unlikely to be built for decades," he said.