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Colin Rosenstiel · December 8th 05, 12:03 AM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
lid (asdf) wrote:

On Wed, 7 Dec 2005 22:28 +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?

Doesn't that still need the NLL to link to the WCML?

IIRC it would have featured a tunnel from the western end of the
GOBLIN to somewhere like Primrose Hill, thus avoiding the NLL.

Good grief! How much would that have cost?

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Colin Rosenstiel