On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 23:07:45 +0100, "John Rowland"
wrote:


While I can see that capacity problems at the Strand/Lancaster Place
junction might be an argument for the underpass to be northbound-only during
the morning rush-hour, and possibly the evening rush hour too, it seems
obvious to me that it should be southbound-only at all other times. There's
no real need for a northbound underpass when the roads are not crammed full,
and a southbound underpass would cut about 300 metres off a lot of journeys,
saving a lot of time, money and fuel. Tidal flow might have been rocket
science 50 years ago, but it surely couldn't cost much these days.


The queues on Waterloo Bridge were very often horrific both day and
night during the late summer when the underpass was closed for the
ramp to be rebuilt (I'm not sure if it's reopened yet as I'm not
working down there at the moment). You cannot have experienced those
queues or you would not be making this suggestion!