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Old December 7th 05, 12:17 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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On Wed, 7 Dec 2005 09:48 +0000 (GMT Standard Time),
(Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:

Blocking the W10 gauge container train route from Felixstowe to the
West Midlands will case massive diversion to road onto the trunk
road which already has one of the highest proportions of lorries on

one
of the busiest roads in the country.


It says "removal of 9'6" freight from the NLL *by upgrading alternate
routes*".


But are there alternative routes to the WCML that entirely avoid the NLL?


What happened to that idea floating around a while back about building
a "freight focused route" across London, via the GOBLIN? Has it
completely disappeared?