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This is an experiment into how references might be collated and published for the Ringways articles. The references will not be placed on the pages themselves, to avoid it becoming too academic and even less readable, but instead will be collated here, with each key point in the text married up with its source.

Background

Early plans

New Road opened ca. 1756
Royal Commission on London Traffic: SJ 16

Rees Jeffreys' ring road proposal: SJ 16 has outline only

Traffic Board for London: SJ 16

Arterial Routes built by 1930s

Highway Development Survey 1937: SJ 16 has outline

Wartime plans

The County of London Plan, 1943: See County of London Plan (1943)

The Greater London Plan, 1944: See Greater London Plan (1944)

Post-war and beyond

Proposal to reverse roles of A and B rings: MT 95/86 discusses little else

Land for road construction not protected

M1 to terminate near Marble Arch: MT 112/67 & SJ 15

Motorway Box replaces A- and B-rings

Eastern side was pre-existing road proposal

LCC plans and omission of Motorway Box

West Cross Route planning status in 1962: West Cross Route: Interim Report on Stage I (1962) - document is dated April 1962

GLC purpose included planning of road network

Consultants brought in to assist GLC with planning: Letter from GLC to MoT (London Highways Division), 3 September 1968, held at MT 106/299

GLC unhappy with use of Abercrombie terminology

GLC's overall plan and timescale: HLG 159/572 has full timescale, and costs the scheme at £1.7bn

Evening Standard report with incorrect cost and rehousing numbers: Evening Standard 26/05/66, "That motorway box 'could cost £3000m'"

Camden suggesting higher capacity on North Cross Route

Epilogue

Correspondence between Ministry and GLC: T 319/1842 has memos in 1969 asking about "killing the whole project"

Estimate of cost at 1970: T 319/1842 has the GLC estimating £1,700m

GLDP as biggest inquiry in British history

Protest groups set up in South West London: The Borough News 16/10/70; p. 16 "Putney Motorway Action Group formed"; Further items to be added to this list.

Grove Park Group's analysis and report

Coalition of South London councils: Clapham Observer 11/02/72; "Councils combine to fight M-way 'madness'"

Barnes Motorway Action Group newspaper spread: Putney and Roehampton Herald 02/07/70 (held at Wandsworth Local History Service)

Layfield Report decision on Ringway 1: HLG 159/626 has the full decision on transport

DoE memo to Treasury recommending Layfield's proposals: T 319/2655

Government policy on Motorway Box: T 319/2655

Leaks in Sunday Times and Private Eye

T 319/2655 has details - specific editions are:

Sunday Times 11/02/1973; "The Motor Car Wins its Biggest Victory"

Sunday Times 18/02/1973; "Full Cabinet approves London's Motorway Box"

Private Eye 23/02/1973

Treasury memo puts Ringway 1 "out of the question": T 319/2655 includes memo dated 20/02/1973 from Diana Seammen to Mr Howard, stating "the Inner Motorway Box will never be implemented"

MoT merges R3 and R4 to form M25

GLC cancels R2 plans in favour of M25

A102(M), A40(M), M41 open to traffic by 1973

Motorways within Greater London downgraded

Ringway 1

See Category:Ringway 1.

Ringway 2

Objector arguing that R2 would only encourage cars

Objector from Strand-on-the-Green association

North Circular Road

Route, Hanger Lane - Woodford: This road was pre-existing; HLG 159/1024 indicates that the existing North Circular was to be upgraded

North Circular as Trunk Route: MT 106/151 indicates that, in 1961, the North Circular was the responsibility of the MoT

Ministry of Transport proposals, 1961: MT 106/151 for the report itself; MT 106/152 for accompanying plans and diagrams

Eastern Section

Route, Woodford - A13: GLC/TD/PM/CDO/07 shows new alignment that matches present

Route, A13 - Thamesmead

Route, Thamesmead - A2

MT 106/291 has descriptive outline

A406 previously terminated at Gants Hill

Proposed designation M15: Roads in England, 1973/74 for section listed as A406 - A13; SJ 25 includes reference to M15 through the R2/M11/M12 junction

1960s preference for tunnel: MT 106/291 describes a dual four-lane tunnel

Controversy surrounding Oxleas Wood

Resurrection of river crossing by Ken Livingstone: Referenced in The Guardian, 23 January 2002

Southern Section

Route, A2 - A23: MT 106/291 has descriptive outline

Route, A23 - A24: MT 106/291 has descriptive outline

Route, A24 - Wandsworth: MT 106/291 has descriptive outline

Junctions at Grove Park: HLG 159/959

Double-deck and interchange at Elmer's End: HLG 159/2316

Layout of A21 interchange: Lewisham Mercury, 04/12/1969; "Here's the Secret M-Way Map and all the Details"

M23 terminal interchange

GLC proposal to roof over sections

GLC consider R2 high priority

Western Link

Route, Wandsworth - M4: MT 106/291 has descriptive outline

Route, M4 - A40: MT 106/151

Lack of connection between motorway and relief roads in Wandsworth: MT 118/379 has plans of the local road network improvements with the motorway's location indicated, and does not show any connection to the motorway.

Artist's impression of motorway at Barnes Bridge: Uncredited press cutting at Richmond Local History Service. From the context it is likely to be from the Richmond Herald, 1966.

Four-level stack with A316: HLG 159/2274

Chiswick triangle, noise and demolition: HLG 159/936; HLG 159/2274; HLG 159/2342

Chiswick Flyover interchange: HLG 159/2274

Barnes Motorway Action Group

West London Assessment Study: West London Assessment Study, Stage II. Viewed at Richmond Archives. Detailed page to follow.

Ringway 3

See Category:Ringway 3.

Ringway 4

See Category:Ringway 4.

Northern Radials

See Category:Radials North.

Western Radials

See Category:Radials West.

Southern Radials

See Category:Radials South.

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+See [[:Category:Ringway 3]].
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-;Abercrombie's D-Ring as precursor
-:[[MT 106/413]] includes written confirmation that several sections used D-Ring protected lines
-:[[MT 95/85]] includes plans of the D-ring at locations that match known routings of Ringway 3
-;GLC discussing only three ring roads
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-;Ringway 3 as route for long-distance traffic
-:[[MT 106/413]], related to 'D-Ring' being constructed entirely as motorway in 1966
-;Ministry plan for Outer Orbital motorway M45
-:[[MT 112/67]]
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-===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway3/north.shtml Northern Section]===
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-;Route, M1 - Bignell's Corner
-:''This line is a best-guess and no source documents whatsoever have been found for an official line between Bushey and Bignell's Corner.  However, there are some Geographia maps with a potential route on them.''
-::''M31 Consultants' Report'' has outline of route, although it does not quite reach Bignell's Corner
-;Route, Bignell's Corner - Potter's Bar
-:As built before 1973
-;Route, Potter's Bar - A12
-:As planned before 1973
-;Unbuilt junction at A11
-:[[T 319/2655]] includes plans of this
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-;Use of M16 designation before opening
-:[[T 319/2655]] has plans of "M16 motorway" between A10 and M11, which match precisely what is now M25
-;Use of temporary A1178 number
-;Incorporated into full-circle M25
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-===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway3/east.shtml Eastern Section]===
-;Route, A12 - A20
-:[[AT 56/98]] confirms that what is now M25 between M11 and Dartford was programmed as Ringway 3/M16
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-===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway3/south.shtml Southern Section]===
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-;Route, A20 - Addington
-:[[MT 120/169]] has outline route
-;Route, Addington - Thames
-:[[MT 120/169]] includes outline route
-;Alternative route, Addington - Chessington
-;Consultants still investigating routes in 1971
-:[[MT 120/272]] indicates possible routes between M4 and A20 under investigation, in memo dated September 1971
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-;Newspaper report concerning "final route"
-:[[HLG 159/1318]] indicates a plan was published in ''Sutton and Cheam Advertiser'', 23/07/1970, but so far we have been unable to track down that particular edition of this newspaper
-;No final route ever selected
-:[[MT 120/272]] and [[HLG 159/321]] both suggest the route was with consultants in 1971, and the final report of their findings was not due
-;Engineering standards
-:[[MT 120/272]] indicates urban dual-4 alignment changes to rural dual-3 at a grid line on the plans in the absence of detailed study on where the change should occur
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-===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway3/west.shtml Western Section]===
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-;Route, Thames - M3
-;Route, M3 - M4 - Yeading
-;Route, options at Yeading
-;Route, MoT option Yeading - South Oxhey
-:Check (same as GLC route)
-;Route, GLC option Yeading - South Oxhey
-:Check (same as MoT route)
-:[[MT 106/291]] for 1964 route through Stanmore and Harrow to M1 junction 3
-;Ministry line v GLC line
-:Settled in favour of Ministry line before GDLP inquiry, ''The Times, 13-03-71''
-:[[HLG 159/321]] has report comparing the two options
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-;R3 connecting to M3 junction 1
-;R3 connecting to M3 at new junction at Upper Halliford (inc. reserved land and property dispute)
-:[[MT 120/169]]
-;Cost comparison of Ministry and GLC route options
-:[[HLG 159/321]], including GLC argument that their line was "more accessible"
-;Previous plans for D-Ring and to link M1 and Heathrow by dual carriageway
-:[[MT 106/291]]
-;Memo indicating urban or rural motorway standard
-:[[MT 106/413]]
-;File suggesting route number M16 between A4020 and M1
-:[[MT 106/118]]
-:''[http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1972/nov/07/road-programme#S5CV0845P0-04286 Hansard, 07-11-72]''
-;Ringway 3 still at least partially in roads programme in 1977
-:''[http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1977/apr/05/road-schemes Hansard, 05-04-77]''
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 ==[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway4/ Ringway 4]==