I posted here last month about Boris Johnson’s fast disappearing support for the Cross-River Tram project. Since then, there has been nothing to suggest that he is in anyway minded to reconsider this position. Indeed, the news on transport has got yet worse, with ‘modally agnostic’ (a Labour self-description, but if the cap fits…) Transport supremo Kulveer Ranger threatening to withhold funding from the scheme to make the disastrous Elephant & Castle roundabout a bit more pedestrian and cyclist friendly because it might slow down someone’s car journey.
Now, news is emerging (courtesy of Labour Matters) that the plug has been officially all but pulled on another transport scheme: the extension of the Docklands Light Railway to Dagenham Dock. This isn’t some pie-in-the-sky scheme, but has already gone through several phases of consultation and was due to go to public inquiry next month - officially, TfL have only asked for a delay to the public inquiry (which the DfT has granted), but with funding apparently missing from the TfL business plan (more…)
