Write to letters@thetimes.co.ukSir, Your correspondents (Jan 14-16) have emphasised the lack of democracy and council responsiveness to those affected by the imposition of low-traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs). What is almost as bad, at least here in Southwark, is the indifference of the authorities to the resulting effects on the traffic network. The council, despite having a statutory “network management duty” to secure “expeditious movement of traffic”, did not undertake any traffic diversion studies before imposing a road closure on a main distributory road in the middle of Dulwich as well as a wide array of timed closures. One result has been huge congestion at certain times of the day on diversion routes, which has required the rescheduling of affected bus routes.

Source: The Times January 17, 2025 00:06 UTC