Southwark Councillor Noblet says:
"TfL approved our plans earlier this year, Boris signed off money for the works in September, and we thought it was all systems go. So it came as a surprise to hear that he wanted to reopen the whole thing. We wanted to improve the area for pedestrians and cyclists and make it easy for them to get from the shopping centre to the park."
Boris's spokesman says:
"The Mayor finds it difficult to comprehend how Cllr Noblet could consider a proposal that would result in traffic at gridlock, belching poisonous fumes into the atmosphere, to be a move that could possibly improve the environment of Elephant and Castle. Amending the proposals to ensure traffic can run smoothly will be to the benefit of every road user, none of whom would benefit from the congestion that the previous proposal would have caused."
This one will run and run.
