GLC blamed for oad underspending
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IEW ROAD system in Greater 'don would provide the arta, for a revitalised capital, wing traffic to flow easily I giving industry a new lease ife, according to the British id Federation.
he BRF and Movement for idon have produced a booklet titled To Keep London ving. It complains that too ch money is being allocated public transport by the later London Council, and not )ugh to road maintenance. The GLC's logic behind starvLondon's road building promme seems to be based on the false notion that istantial reductions in traffic igestion can be achieved by ra subsidies to public transt," says BRF chairman Tony Boer.
'This idea was effectively missed by the Fares Fair eximent which reduced traffic less than one per cent on brage."
lalph Cropper, chairman of ivement for London, highhted the problems lorries re travelling round the city: rivers from outside London most concerned with the te of the roads. Those based the GLC area generally baking know their way round. 'Provincial and European vers have often more than e place of delivery in Lonn," Mr Cropper explained. le first might be at industrial )mises that are easy to get to, but the second usually involves driving through small roads and residential areas."
Lorry drivers do not like doing this any more than the residents like the disturbance, he added.
The BRF has pinpointed what it considers to be the sorry state of London's roads for many years, but the situation has changed little, if at all, over the years. However, Kenneth Cannell, BRF director, believes that the new booklet will be effective. "We will be sending it to MPs and Ministers and will be asking , that the road programme be put before the House of Commons for discussion."