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Old January 13th 07, 01:00 PM posted to uk.transport.london
John Rowland John Rowland is offline
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Default Cross River Tram Depot at Walworth

Bob wrote:

Ms Shawcross said: "A tunnel crossing would avoid adding to the
disruption of the walking routes across the park.
"It would allow the tram to cross the park without further severance
and without reducing the traffic capacity along Wells Way.


LOL. So she doesn't want anything to limit the number of cars crossing the
park, but God forbid that any trams should cross it!

I've got a better idea.... why not have a round pond stretching across the
entire middle of the park, and put the tram rails an inch beneath the water
level? That way the amenity value of the park would be increased, and it
would actually become a tourist attraction.

And they could get rid of Wells Way... the distance from Old Kent Rd to
Walworth Road is
* comparable with the width of Regents Park
* not much wider than the gap in the road network created by the
pedestrianisation of Belsize Terrace, or the barrier in Hermtage Road N15
* comparable with the gaps between Chelsea Bridge and neighbouring bridges
* is comparable with the gap in the road network created by the railway from
Brockley to Honor Oak Park.