More than 30 more LTNs could be built across the capital after it has emerged the Mayor's transport body, Transport for London , has earmarked funding for the scheme.
Sadiq Khan's unpopular Low Traffic Neighbourhoods scheme has been given the green light to expand, despite the programme being blamed for delaying emergency services and causing more traffic.
The scheme - which stops non-local motorists from driving through residential areas through the use of CCTV cameras, bollards and penalty fines - has proved divisive, with locals holding protests against the measures which they say have made traffic worse. Around 120 LTNs have been introduced since the beginning of the scheme, and about 100 are still in place.
This is despite many neighbourhoods where the scheme was implemented complaining that it isolated vulnerable older residents, worsened traffic, and pitted neighbours against each other.
Meanwhile, an initial £66m was earmarked for boroughs for such schemes for the current 2024/25 financial year, but it is expected to exceed £80.4m by the end of the year.
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