Caroline Russell AM welcomes high court ruling to protect Tower Hamlets Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs)

Green Party London Assembly Member Caroline Russell has welcomed the High Court's decision to block the removal of three Lower Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) in Tower Hamlets.

Reacting to the ruling, Green Party London Assembly Caroline Russell said:

“It’s a brilliant victory for Bethnal Green residents that the Judge has backed the community campaign and ruled in their favour, protecting the safer, quieter and less polluted streets provided by Tower Hamlets Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs). 

“This ruling not only benefits people in Tower Hamlets, but all Londoners are better off.

“The Judge has reaffirmed what campaigners and I have said all along in response to Mayor Lutfur Rahman’s move to scrap the Healthy Streets measures. As the 1999 GLA Act makes clear, the Mayor of London has the legal power to intervene and prevent Tower Hamlets from removing these measures. 

“This judgement determines, once and for all, that the Mayor of London has the authority to insist Councils implement the road schemes they propose using Local Implementation Plans (LIPs) in line with his Mayoral Transport Strategy (MTS).   

“Thanks to this ruling, people in Bethnal Green can continue to enjoy quieter and less traffic-congested streets, allowing children to travel to school without danger, older people to cross the roads safely and the whole community to enjoy cleaner air.”