London Planners Alter Buildings to Aid Traffic

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 29, 18 February 1937, Page 14

London Planners Alter Buildings to Aid Traffic

U. m 9 v LONDON, Nov. 2. — Although it is now well known that Bome was not built in a day, to-day.is the day many motorists here are wishing hard that London .could be Tebuilt in thq night. It would not even matter *if the streets were just as bendy and just as narrow, Londoners say. . If this wish were granted London magistrates would have a much easier time, motorists wonld find traffic flowi^g more quickly and policemen would have to deal with fewer traffic jams. Prom "to-day all plans for new buildings in London, or existing buildings re-erected, must provide means of entrance and egress for vehicles and proper accommodation for setting down passengers^an'd goods. Thia means that all new buildings will have to have an "in-and-out ' ' drive,' either in a forecourt or under cover, and that vehicles will no longer stand in the road unloading or waiting for loads. This regulation has been made by the London County. Council. Powers to impost such conditiohs were given to - the L.O.C.. under the Bestriction of Eibbon 'Development Act of 1935. The order applies to any "places of public resort" containing a space of not less than 250, D00 . cubic f eet. In practice this means any normal town building, since very few erected are less than 50 by 50 by 100 feet in measurements. Anyone proposing to put up a new building is required to submit plans to the L.C.C., satisfying the council that the character of the biulding is such as not to cause increased- vehicular traffic along any adjacent road, and that satisfactory arrangements will-be made to limit interference with traffic along any adjacent road.