Truvelo wrote:I don't mean to cause offence but I'm only stating the facts.
One of the points mentioned on TFL's letter is the lower the speed limits get as you get further into London. If this is so then I propose the following:
70 where it present starts at Dagenham
50 between Ripple Road and Canning Town
40 between Canning Town and the westen portal of Limehouse Tunnel
30 west of Limehouse Tunnel..
Well, I agree, the main portion of the Dagenham to Canning Town section should be 50 (except the Lodge Avenue Flyover of course!), and 40 west of there (Aspen Way is already 40). As for people using the adjacent footway, well, where did you think I took the bulk of the photos from?
Just to quote the actual speed limits:
NSL: all the way from Sadlers Hall Farm in Essex past Basildon, Thurrock, the M25 and the GLA boundary to just before Goresbrook (A1306 western end, Dagenham; there's a bend to the northwest here). [in fact the first NSL sign eastbound is visible in my entry for PotM this month]
Approximately 20-21 miles, or 70% of the A1203/A1261/A13 dual carriageway corridor (about 30 miles)
50: From just east of Goresbrook to just east of Renwick Road westbound-only lights (NOT east of Lodge Avenue junction as I previously reported)
Approximately 1.5 miles (5%)
40: From just east of Renwick Road past the S4 flyover onto the newly upgraded section past the A406 through to just east of Canning Town Flyover (lane drops for S4 flyover and the A406)
Approximately 4.5 miles (15%)
30: ISTM that Canning Town Flyover (with its quadruple carriageway, none of which have safety barriers) might be 30 westbound on approach to the Totso (lane drop) with the A1261 East India Dock Link (itself 30), but 40 eastbound. I haven't seen signs eastbound here, only to the east of the flyover back up to 40). Could be 30 eastbound therefore! If you want to stick to the A13, I think it's 40 up to the Blackwall tunnel then 30 west of there.
Approximately 1.1 miles via A1261 tunnel (4%)
40: Aspen Way on the surface, D4 then D2 over the A1206 flyover, past the Canary Wharf lights (perhaps even more pointless than Renwick Road! I swear in 1994 when I first visited the area, Aspen Way was fully freely flowing.)
Approximately 0.9 miles (3%)
30: Finally, after one final lane-drop to D2, the Limehouse Link constitutes the final mile and a bit underground, the western end of the dual carriageway section. Was the scene of some frightful accidents in its early years, with its bends and also a subterranean junction with the western half of the A1206. Ends at the lights with Butcher Row and the Highway (the latter being S4 and a good alternative to the A13 Commercial Road connecting to Butcher Row at its northern end).
Approximately 1.2 miles (4%)