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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. | 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. | ||
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==[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/background/ Background]== | |||
==[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ | |||
===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ | ===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/background/earlyplans.shtml Early plans]=== | ||
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; | ;New Road opened ca. 1756 | ||
;Royal Commission on London Traffic | |||
; | :[[SJ 16]] | ||
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;Rees Jeffreys' ring road proposal | |||
:[[SJ 16]] has outline only | |||
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; | ;Traffic Board for London | ||
:[[ | :[[SJ 16]] | ||
; | ;Arterial Routes built by 1930s | ||
; | ;Highway Development Survey 1937 | ||
:[[ | :[[SJ 16]] has outline | ||
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===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ | |||
===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/background/wartimeplans.shtml Wartime plans]=== | |||
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; | ;The County of London Plan, 1943 | ||
:See [[County of London Plan (1943)]] | |||
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; | ;The Greater London Plan, 1944 | ||
:[[ | :See [[Greater London Plan (1944)]] | ||
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===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ | |||
===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/background/postwar.shtml Post-war and beyond]=== | |||
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; | ;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 | |||
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; | ;GLC purpose included planning of road network | ||
; | ;Consultants brought in to assist GLC with planning | ||
:[[MT 106/ | :Letter from GLC to MoT (London Highways Division), 3 September 1968, held at [[MT 106/299]] | ||
;GLC unhappy with use of Abercrombie terminology | |||
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; | ;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 | ||
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===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ | |||
===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/background/epilogue.shtml Epilogue]=== | |||
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;Correspondence between Ministry and GLC | |||
:[[T 319/1842]] has memos in 1969 asking about "killing the whole project" | |||
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:[[T 319/1842]] has the | |||
; | ;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 | |||
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; | ;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 | |||
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;Motorways within Greater London downgraded | |||
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==[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway1/ Ringway 1]== | |||
See [[:Category:Ringway 1]]. | |||
==[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway2/ Ringway 2]== | |||
See [[:Category:Ringway 2]]. | |||
==[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway3/ Ringway 3]== | ==[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway3/ Ringway 3]== | ||
See [[:Category:Ringway 3]]. | |||
==[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway4/ Ringway 4]== | |||
See [[:Category:Ringway 4]]. | |||
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==[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/northern/ Northern Radials]== | |||
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See [[:Category:Radials North]]. | |||
==[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/western/ Western Radials]== | |||
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See [[:Category:Radials West]]. | |||
==[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/southern/ Southern Radials]== | |||
See [[:Category:Radials South]]. |
Latest revision as of 19:19, 10 March 2011
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
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Wartime plans
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Post-war and beyond
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Epilogue
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Ringway 1
See Category:Ringway 1.
Ringway 2
See Category:Ringway 2.
Ringway 3
See Category:Ringway 3.
Ringway 4
See Category:Ringway 4.