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A London council is set to become the first to scrap green roads after a review found they increased traffic jams, caused more pollution and delayed the emergency services.
Following the review, Harrow Council announced it will rip up three cycle lanes and scrap four low-traffic neighbourhood schemes, The Telegraph reports.
A report, issued by the council s traffic and road safety advisory panel, revealed a large number of residents were opposed to the road changes and supported their removal.
Harrow Council has become the first to scrap green roads after a review found they lead to various transport complications. Pictured: Honeypot Lane
Green road schemes ripped up by council after residents complaints
Cycling lanes and low traffic neighbourhoods to be scrapped in Harrow, amid claims they increase congestion and block emergency services
17 April 2021 • 6:39pm
Thousands of Ealing residents protest in September after Low Traffic Neighbourhoods were introduced in the area
Credit: Heathcliff O Malley for the Telegraph
A London council will become the first in the country to permanently remove all of its green roads schemes after a formal review, which revealed the extent of their unpopularity.
Three cycle lanes and four low-traffic neighbourhoods in Harrow, north London, are to be ripped up later this month following the review and a full consultation with residents.
A SECTION of a village road is scheduled to be closed for an entire day while engineers from a telecommunications company carry out works. Rectory Road, in St Osyth, will be shut on April 28 from roughly 400-metres south-west of its junction with Honey Pot Lane for a distance of 275-metres. The closure is due to be in place while underground works are undertaken by Openreach, which maintains broadband and telephone network connections. During this period pedestrians and emergency services will still be able to access Rectory Road, but alternative routes will be available for drivers. Drivers will instead be able to use Newhouse Farm Road, Heath Road, High Birch Road, Bentley Road and Clacton Road to complete their journeys.