Motoring Discussion > Hammersmith tunnel? Miscellaneous
Thread Author: swiss tony Replies: 6
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New Sun 5 May 13 10:25 
 Hammersmith tunnel? - swiss tony
To me, this sounds like a good idea.
The flyover has been repaired, but will need a lot of spending, and closures just to keep it going, so wouldn't this be a good idea?


www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-22412213
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New Sun 5 May 13 10:32 
 Hammersmith tunnel? - Zero
No. Its easier to keep Flyovers open and repaired than tunnels. Given the high density and slow speed of the traffic, ventilation will be a nightmare.
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New Mon 6 May 13 08:19 
 Hammersmith tunnel? - TeeCee
>> No. Its easier to keep Flyovers open and repaired than tunnels. Given the high density
>> and slow speed of the traffic, ventilation will be a nightmare.
>>

Doesn't seem to be a problem for the Brussels "Petit Ring".
Ok. Most of the time the traffic, while dense, is doing about Warp 9, but there's then the inevitable Belgian shunt so it all gets to crawl for a while.
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New Mon 6 May 13 08:36 
 Hammersmith tunnel? - lancara
...or Madrid inner ring - equivalent to a tunnel from Hammersmith to Canary Wharf
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New Mon 6 May 13 09:53 
 Hammersmith tunnel? - henry k
We tend not to do road tunnels in the Uk so fat chance of one in Ammersmif.
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New Mon 6 May 13 12:45 
 Hammersmith tunnel? - lancara
With more ambition they could have made the Crossrail tunnel dual purpose - road and rail
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New Mon 6 May 13 12:59 
 Hammersmith tunnel? - Zero
With a little more ambition and foresight, they would have put high speed rail tracks alongside the M25. Ambitiously they are going for HS2 tho. That will fall by the wayside in the hunt for parliamentary votes
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