Hammersmith and Fulham Council are to work with Transport for London (TfL) with “other stakeholders” to discuss demolishing the Hammersmith flyover which was opened 1961 and replace it with a tunnel.
A draft plan is due to go out for consultation which will clear more land for redevelopment as it has “had adverse consequences cutting of Hammersmith Town Centre from the River Thames, severing the traditional Victorian street pattern and creating large amounts of traffic moving around the Hammersmith Gyratory to get on and off the A4″.
“Any project that comes forward will need to carefully consider this in detail against the construction methodology and design of any tunnel to ensure these impacts are minimised,” the draft plan states.
“This will also have to be weighed up against a do-nothing scenario, which would involve substantial traffic disruptions associated with regular maintenance or upgrading of the flyover.”
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