londoncityslicker wrote:

"Richard J." wrote in message
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Steve Peake wrote:

On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 00:50:32 +0100, Dave Arquati wrote:


PS out of interest, nobody surveyed in Hounslow explicitly opposed
the scheme, and 81% explicitly supported it. Although the sample
isn't large enough, it would be interesting to see where the
people surveyed in Hounslow lived.

The whole project has had zero impact on Hounslow, the question
might as well have been "Do you support trams".

Without further knowledge on just how traffic flow might be
affected in the area, I don't see how anyone can really comment
either way.

Which is why, no doubt, TfL chose to announce very late in the
consultation the recommended diversionary routes for traffic forced off
the Uxbridge Road at places like Acton High Street. The information was
in an extra .pdf file on their site, but they didn't bother to tell all
the people who had by then received the consultation leaflet which
omitted that information. One wonders how much those surveyed in
Hounslow were told about the diversionary routes.

Did the mean Hounslow the town or Hounslow Borough?

If they meant Hounslow borough then that takes in Chiswick, Brentford
and Osterley.
ie some of the places directly affected by the tram route which as the
article says
'may' force additional cars into those areas.

Hounslow the town may well say yes to the West london tram as they
would not be directly affected.
Hounslow needs a tram itself (along the A315 from Chiswick to Feltham)
but I have doubts anyone would vote for one.

They're talking about the borough. There is a map given with the survey
information to show the inner and outer areas surveyed, and the outer
area mainly includes Chiswick within LB Hounslow.

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Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London