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Old April 27th 16, 09:53 PM
Robin9 Robin9 is offline
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Originally Posted by Steve Lewis View Post
Anecdotally, there was a last minute realisation in the formation of TfL that it was being given control of those urban motorways, but didn't have the legal authority to manage motorways, therefore they were hurriedly declassified.
The London end of the M11 has a 50 mph speed limit.
That has TfL's finger prints all over it. There was no such
speed limit until TfL appeared on the scene. I don't recall
the M4 having a speed limit in the London area before either.
Is it quite certain that TfL have no control of motorways in
the Greater London area?