'It's a disgrace!' - 'Sadiq Khan should go!' Nick Ferrari gives the floor to angry LBC listeners, including Ella Kissi-Debrah's mother, who are all keen to critique LTN schemes amid news that soaring fines have profited councils. NickFerrariLBC
"It's a disgrace what Lambeth Council has done to my neighbourhood," this furious caller, named Angela, from Lambeth toldResidents of London's South Circular are relentlessly fighting back against the LTN policies that have been implemented by their overseeing Labour councils, Nick heard today.
Debilitated by having only one entrance to and from of her neighbourhood and restricted access to the main road, Angela and her neighbours have taken to tearing down signs and disconnecting cameras, in a bid to "fight back" against Lambeth Council. LTNs were designed to usher traffic out of one and away from neighbourhoods that had become congestion and air pollution hotspots, and to encourage 'green transport' measures like cycling or walking to be opted for instead.However well-intentioned the system might have been, residents have been left furious, because ushering traffic and air pollution away from one neighbourhood inevitably means that it will end up in another.
Nick heard from Martyn Brown that the demonstrations held in Wood Green last night appear to have been triggered by a piece published in the Daily Express, which claimed that collective London Councils have issued a total of 1.1 million pound fines related to LTNs.While the LTN schemes had initially been put in place to encourage a long-term move to cycling and walking, angry LBC listeners shared with Nick Ferrari that they felt the system had become a cash cow.
While her son is now heartbreakingly suffering from the same illness as her late daughter. Ms Kissi-Debrah has remained focused on her campaigning.
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