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[email protected] · January 19th 10, 12:06 AM posted to uk.transport.london

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(Paul Scott) wrote:

wrote:
In article ,
(Richard J.) wrote:

The answer to your original question (any Highways Agency roads in
Greater London other than motorways) is "No".

Indeed. All the motorway box remnants (M41 and A102(M)) were demoted
some time ago. Was it in preparation for the Mayor and GLA or well
before then?

Apparently the roads were declassified in May 2000, the month
before the GLA started up. Various websites suggest it was because
TfL were not getting powers to look after motorways, and they would
have had to stay with the Highways Agency if left as motorways.

I don't think there is a consistent national policy on this though,
because there are definitely motorways elsewhere that are the
responsibility of local authorities, such as the M275 into
Portsmouth.

Are you sure they don't just look after it as agents for the Highways
Agency? A lot of trunk roads used to be managed like that.

It may have just seemed a convenient opportunity for DfT to drop
the odd isolated lengths into someone else's lap, ie the GLA.
Maybe GLA wouldn't take them initially, and the downgrade forced
them to?

Well, the M41 had some sort of accolade as Britain's shortest motorway.

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Colin Rosenstiel