POLO
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From: | Channel Tunnel (TR159370) | |||||||||
To: | Harwich (TM240318) | |||||||||
Via: | Gatwick Airport, Guildford, Reading, Henley, High Wycombe, Luton Airport, Stevenage, Stansted Airport, Colchester | |||||||||
Meets: | M20. A21, M23, A3, M3, M4, M40, A41, M1, A1(M), M11, A12 | |||||||||
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Berkshire • Buckinghamshire • Cambridgeshire • Essex • Hertfordshire • Surrey • Sussex | ||||||||||
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The Proposed Outer London Orbital was first proposed by the Association of British Drivers in 2001, with a route going from the Channel Tunnel to Harwich via Reading. Since then the term POLO has become a bit of SABRE terminology, to mean any fantasy plan that orbitals London outside the M25. At a similar time, Transport 2000 were fearing that schemes such as the A331, A404/A404(M), A505 Dunstable and Luton bypasses and the A120 would be joined up to form such a road used the same term.
The British Road Federation first called for a new London Orbital as part of their 'The Way Ahead' campaign in November 1987.
It should be noted that there has never been any official proposal of this nature, and it is purely a fictional invention of pressure groups.
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