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Lower 20mph speeds limits will be introduced on the A10-A503 corridor in Haringey, the A107 in Hackney and the A13 in Tower Hamlets in a bid to make them safer.

Lower 20mph speeds limits will be introduced on the A10-A503 corridor in Haringey, the A107 in Hackney and the A13 in Tower Hamlets in a bid to make them safer.

Up, both above and underground, close to the tfl system. you must be limited to what you can do? there are real constraints in london. so much of the land is paved and were losing more land to paving as people pave over their front driveways and all of that, so were trying to work against that by putting in place what we call sustainable drainage. that means that when we introduce new shrubs, new trees into our paving, that actually helps slow down the rainfall, so there are things we can do. we...

Is lilli matson from tfl. lilli, how concerned is tfl about the forecast of more frequent, extreme rainfall in a warming world? were very aware that londons climate is changing. were seeing warmer, wetter, winters, drier, hottersummers. this all puts a lot of stress on our transport network and its something were really planning for now and taking account of, so that were ready as the climate becomes more extreme in future. there was some significant flash flooding in london in the summer and, o...

So were trying to work against that by putting in place what we call sustainable drainage. that means that when we introduce new shrubs, new trees into our paving, that actually helps slow down the rainfall, so there are things we can do. we are also enhancing our pumps and drainage systems so that we can get water away more quickly and keep the infrastructure working. lilli matson, thank you forjoining us on this edition of weather world. one of the biggest storms to hit the uk in 2021 came at ...

Station injuly — just one of a number of flood—related incidents last summer. its a problem which transport for london says has the potential to be catastrophic and, as one scientist told me, its a problem compounded by increasing population, building and an ageing drainage system. were putting down concrete, tarmac, all those new houses, all those roofs. that surface water is going to increase anything between 8% and 18% per small development. and youve got to think about where its going to...

Driveways and all of that. so were trying to work against that by putting in place what we call sustainable drainage. that means that when we introduce new shrubs, new trees into our paving, that actually helps slow down the rainfall, so, there are things we can do. we are also enhancing our pumps and drainage systems so that we can get water away more quickly and keep the infrastructure working. lilli matson, thank you forjoining us on this edition of weather world. one of the biggest storms to...

Water cascades into londons covent garden underground station injuly, just one of a number of flood—related incidents last summer. its a problem which transport for london says has the potential to be catastrophic, and as one scientist told me, its a problem compounded by increasing population, building, and an ageing drainage system. were putting down concrete, tarmac, all those new houses, all those roofs. that surface water is going to increase anything between eight and 18% per small devel...

So there are things we can do. we are also enhancing our pumps and drainage system so we can get water away more quickly and keep the infrastructure working. lilli matson, thank you forjoining us on this edition of weather world. one of the biggest storms to hit the uk in 2021 came at the end of november, as storm arwen brought damaging winds of up to 98 mph. falling trees caused widespread disruption, with this one narrowly missing a drinker as it crashed into the back of a pub in wales. tens o...

A problem compounded by increasing population, building, and an ageing drainage system. we are putting down concrete, tarmac, all those new houses, all those roofs. that surface water is going to increase anything between eight and 18% per small development. and youve got to think about where its going to go. and the drains are already at well over capacity and just cant deal with it. joining me now here at londons southwark station is lilli matson from tfl. lilli, how concerned is tfl about the...