London Traffic Changes
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Better Western Approaches
THIS week marks a big improvement in travel for traffic entering and leaving London on the west. Yesterday the 1,000yd.-long Hammersmith flyover was opened, so that A4 now carries traffic over the congested centre of Hammersmith. The Chiswick flyover and Cromwell Road clearway are already in use on this route.
Farther west, the two-mile-long Staines by-pass is due to he opened today and this will relieve another notorious centre of congestion. The new road, which has twin 24-ft. carriageways, leaves A30 on the outskirts of Staines, crosses the Thames by a new bridge, and rejoins A30 at the Egham roundabout.
One-way Piccadilly
A NEW one-way traffic experiment in PA London's Piccadilly is to be introduced over the Christmas period. The scheme is basically the same as the sevenday experiment last July. Traffic will be one-way eastbound along Piccadilly from St. James's Street to Piccadilly Circus, and one-way northbound up St. James's St. Pall Mall will be one-way westbound. Lower Regent Street and Haymarket will remain one-way as at present. Coventry Street will be one-way eastbound.
Westbound traffic will proceed via Whitcomb Street and Panton Street to Haymarket. Traffic through Piccadilly Circus will again be guided by a central barrier. Lane, lines will be provided in Piccadilly and Haymarket.