On Sat, 08 Apr 2006 19:55:57 GMT, "Richard J."
wrote:

Earls Court Road, south of Pembroke Road, will be outside the extended
zone. That means that traffic can travel from the A40 Westway down
through Earls Court and over Battersea Bridge without charge. Should
make Earls Court Road even worse!

That's what Kensington&Chelsea think too, links to PDFs off
www.rnkc.gov.uk where it's simply referred to as "ECOWS" (EarlsCt
one-way system). They've been having a right old ding with the
chiseling.. sorry mayor on cameras and ping-pong about if the zone is
good or bad for business. ECOWS was apparently a temporary scheme
until the various now-cancelled motorways came into play, it's been
"temporary" for a long time now and RBKC would like to undo the
one-way setup to restore the area to a civilisation. Doesn't fit the
mayor's revenue needs though.

Fact is the extension is not going to cover a congested area with
exception of specific streets; it may add to congestion as people
entitled to reductions per week minimum make most use of that. But as
it's a revenue scheme for bonds it has some merit despite the
misleading terminology.

*some* merit, as I'd prefer the Madrid or Apeldoorn methods: close off
streets to locals or access only, none of this 50mil quid malarky to
make 100mil with Big Brother overtones. Or should we just get Polish
car reg numbers and be done with the hassle?!

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