In the mid-1960s the MOT launched the A13 Improvement Study, which was intended to produce a plan of action for comprehensive improvement of the A13 between Poplar and Rainham – the section, in other words, through the London suburbs, which at that time was decidedly mixed in standard, and suffered notable congestion, even though a…

The M12 was one of the most self-contained motorway proposals in the Ringway plans, notable for its relatively late arrival in the programme, its extremely fast development from concept to publication of orders, and the fact that it was thought to be justifiable and worthwhile regardless of the rest of the motorway programme – it…