Proposed Hammersmith "Flyunder" to replace old flyover
I am not in favour of a flyunder for two reasons. (1) The traffic planning has not been thought out. The Hammersmith Broadway giratory system, Hammersmith Bridge roundabout and the Great West Road out to the Hogarth roundabout are heavily used as a traffic interchange by local and through-traffic. Unless this traffic is to be pushed onto King Street, which runs parallel to it to the north, there will still be a need for a smaller "Great West Road" at ground level. So the developers cannot build all over the existing GWR, and the costs will not work.(2) Hammersmith Council has a track record of supporting mega-projects for the benefit of developers and wealthy buyers, not existing residents with a variety of housing needs. The Council wants more tower blocks 15 storeys high "with river views", to be sold and left empty or with short-term tenants.I'm sorry but any idea of "reconnecting Hammersmith with the river" is a pipe-dream. You can't turn the clock back because the land has become much too valuable. Remember the appalling plans for "King Street Regeneration" Mark 1? If the GWR is removed local residents will be lucky if they manage to retain Furnivall Gardens with its present boundaries.
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