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| Posted by: | Gordon Southwell | |
| Date/Time: | 23/08/21 19:27:00 |
Leslie Bailey makes a very cogent defence of the government's role in this debacle but I'm not sure it entirely fits all the facts. Gilligan made his announcement of the withdrawal of funding before the outcome of the consultation on the LTNs were revealed. Ealing was being punished for ending LTN21 which it really had no choice in doing because of the roadworks on its border which would have caused chaos if it had been kept in place. Also there has been a more than adequate time to see if these schemes have worked. The original ETOs were superseded by new ones that made technical changes so the idea that these schemes haven't been given time to bed in is incorrect. However, Ealing do seem to have backed themselves into a corner. While the bus travel time data provided by TfL does suggest there is a serious issue developing for public transport in the area due to some of the LTNs, the third party data, commissioned by the council gives a picture of the LTNs being a huge success making traffic disappear not just in the restricted area but on the distributor roads as well. Mr Gilligan is going to tell them that in the light of this 'evidence' they must keep the LTNs. Well done to Rupa Huq for spelling out unambiguously what Peter Mason's choices are and what he needs to do now. If he chooses to persist with the LTNs I don't think he will survive as leader until the end of September |