A strong report from London SE1 on the latest hold-up to one of the capital's larger and most delayed regeneration schemes:
Southwark Council first trumpeted its intention to remove the southern roundabout at Elephant & Castle and replace the subways with surface-level crossings in January 2006, promising that the work would start within months. For more than two years the start date for the works – eagerly anticipated by pedestrians at the Elephant – has steadily slipped back. Last week's Estates Gazette claimed that Kulveer Ranger, Boris Johnson's director of transport policy, has called for more details of the effect the removal would have on car travel before £600,000 of mayoral funding can be confirmed.
I'm still looking for a clear pattern in Mayor Johnson's planning interventions. Anyone out there found one?
