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    Low traffic neighbourhood in Lambeth suspended after Sadiq Khan admits it caused 'huge problems'

    by Ross Lydall Mar 08, 2024 3 minutes
    Source: PA Archive

    A low traffic neighbourhood (LTN) scheme is to be scrapped after being blamed for causing horrendous congestion on a main road in south London.

    Lambeth Council said it would suspend the Streatham Wells LTN after a bus was reported to have taken more than two hours to travel less than three miles on the A23.

    The council’s U-turn comes a week after Mayor Sadiq Khan admitted the LTN was “not working” and was “causing huge problems”.

    But walking and cycling campaigners said it was a "backward step" that would mean "more traffic on residential

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