§ Ms. GordonTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) if he will make it his policy urgently to implement and finance traffic calming and displacement measures in Bow, east London, proposed by his consultants in the east London assessment study;
(2) what discussions he has had with the emergency services in London with regard to their policies on traffic calming and displacement measures in residential areas; and what were the results;
(3) what funds he will make available for traffic calming and displacement measures in Bow, London E3.
§ Mr. AtkinsAll these matters must await decisions on the assessment studies.
§ Ms. GordonTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what information he has on morning peak traffic flows westbound leaving the northern Blackwall tunnel approach road at its junction into Tredegar road.
§ Mr. AtkinsMy Department does not collect data on the numbers of vehicles making these turning movements. However, the relevant local authority (Tower Hamlets) has estimated that in the morning peak period about 1,000 vehicles per hour turn from the Blackwall tunnel northern approach road, A102(M), into Tredegar road.