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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 we're losing more land to paving as people pave over their front driveways and all of that, so we're 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 ...
Is lilli matson from tfl. lilli, how concerned is tfl about the forecast of more frequent, extreme rainfall in a warming world? we're very aware that london's climate is changing. we're seeing warmer, wetter, winters, drier, hottersummers. this all puts a lot of stress on our transport network and it's something we're really planning for now and taking account of, so that we're ready as the climate becomes more extreme in future. there was some significant flash flooding in london in the summer and, of course, we saw those horrific scenes on the metro system in china. how much has this been an...
So we're 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 the end of november as storm arwen brought damaging winds of up to 98mph. falling trees caused wide...