London’s lost ringways
A monstrous plan to build major motorways through some of London’s greatest neighborhoods fell apart. But the price was the birth of the NIMBY movement, and a permanent ceiling on Britain’s infrastructure ambitions.
Michael Dnes
Michael Dnes is a civil servant at the UK Department for Transport. He is also the author of the book The Rise and Fall of London’s Ringways, 1943–1973.
Politics
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