'South Circular a sick joke'
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• "The idea that a collection of side streets becomes a major road just by calling it the South Circular is a sick joke which is no longer amusing," said Mr John Wells, RHA Chairman, when speaking at the annual dinner of the Association's central London sub-area last Friday.
"The streets of London, the people and vehicles that use them make up our workaday environment," said Mr Wells. "As well as others, we have every right to protest about the conditions of this environment." Plans for major road improvements were published, discussed and filed for reference. Meanwhile the situation got worse. "We are unable either to do a good job or earn a decent living. Service to the customer deteriorates and the flow of traffic which is the life-blood of the city is slowly strangled."
Yesterday, speaking at the RHA's West Midlands area dinner, Mr Wells said that to reserve motorways for industrial traffic "makes economic sense, it even makes environmental sense, whatever the political chances".