Tower Hamlets Council decides to scrap most low traffic neighbourhoods in the borough.
Most road closures in a London borough brought in under low traffic neighbourhood schemes are to be removed, the council has decided.
The decision was made despite a survey showing most residents in affected areas wanted the measures to stay.The aim of LTNs is to reduce motor traffic in residential areas by using either cameras, planters or lockable bollards.He said: "While LTNs improve air quality in their immediate vicinity, they push traffic down surrounding arterial roads, typically lived on by less affluent residents.
The mayor had already decided to keep the bus gate restriction in Wapping due to "exceptional" support in a consultation last autumn, a council spokesperson added. Cabinet papers published last week showed 58% of local residents living in Bethnal Green were in support of keeping the traffic calming measures, while 41% wanted to see them removed, according to the
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