All eyes will be Camden’s Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) in an upcoming BBC Panorama programme.
Richard Chaumeton, who has run a roofing business based in Kentish Town for the last 26 years, will explain the hassle he says the introduction has caused him as LTNs can “add up to 50 minutes to a journey at rush hour”.
Mr Chaumeton and his team have accumulated thousands of pounds in fines for breaking the rules on driving in LTNs.
Each fine is £130, but the businessman tells BBC News climate editor Justin Rowlatt that he has successfully appealed every fine.
Camden Council says the scheme has successfully tackled local congestion, led to an improvement in air quality and reduced carbon emissions.
The Panorama episode, titled Road Wars: Neighbourhood Traffic Chaos, will look at some of the “affected communities” in London and Oxford.
A description reads: “Government plans to get traffic off our streets are turning neighbour against neighbour.
“Costing millions, Low Traffic Neighbourhoods largely aim to persuade drivers, using residential streets as short cuts, to ditch their vehicles for short journeys and walk, cycle, or take the bus, instead.
“Reporting for Panorama, Justin Rowlatt, finds some drivers pitted against supporters of Low Traffic Networks in what has become a battle between those who believe the schemes will reduce congestion and pollution and those who want the freedom to drive wherever they want.”
The programme airs on BBC One today (April 17) at 8pm.
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