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Congestion clearout
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• Transport Secretary Cecil Parkinson is to scrap part of the controversial road improvement package planned for London following a storm of public protest. Among schemes to be dropped from the London Assessment Studies package are those for:
[IA tunnel from Chiswick to Wandsworth; 0 The Western Environmental Improvement Route; CI Road widening at Forest Hill and Streatham; 0 Tunnels under Clapham Common, Dulwich Park, Tulse Hill and Parkland Walk; El Routes across Chipstead Valley and Wandle Valley; 111 A link between Holloway and Kings Cross; 0 The Archway Road Scheme.
However, plans to improve access to Croydon and South London from the M25 and Gatwick will go ahead, and there will be junction improvements and local widening on the A205 South Circular Road and on the Al at Archway Roundabout and Highbury Corner.
More attention is to be paid to public transport. Schemes under examination include a Chelsea to Hackney underground line; an east-west crossLondon railroute; a Docldands light railway extension to Lewisham; the east London line extension to Dalston, Highbury and East Dulwich; and Croydon light railways.
"I'm also going ahead with a proposal to appoint a traffic director and for a priority routes system — red routes — for the efficient movement of through traffic especially buses," says Parkinson. "This will be based on the primary route network as proposed in Traffic in London, but subject to further consultation on the
exact composition."
He is also consulting with the police on how to strengthen penalties for illegal parking and is planning, in coordination with the London Boroughs, a pilot scheme for road improvements on the Al and the A13.
Parkinson has told MPs that billion is now being spent on London's transport, including .22.2 billion on London Regional Transport over three years, and £1.2 billion on Network South East rail routes.