London roads call
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THE Greater London Council says that a proper share of national road building resources is clearly long overdue for the capital.
London has benefited little from the trunk road programme it is claimed, despite the present priority given to the M25 and the adoption of the East London River Crossing as a trunk road proposal.
In proposed evidence to the House of Commons inquiry into transport in London, the GLC's ontroller of transportation and ievelopment says that the buildng of new roads has become a ong, costly and complex proceJure.
The present level of spending allocated to the council for Metropolitan road improvement (£20-30m per annum) is quite out of scale with what is needed to rectify major weaknesses in the road system, says the evidence.