LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

M25 construction support and opposition

Genre

Interview; Documentary

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:37:08

Description

Programme looking at the construction of the M25 motorway, benefits, costs and the protests surrounding the project. Speaking are: Geoff Dossetter, Freight Transport Association; AA Kent Traffic Manager Paul Watters; Transport Minister Lynda Chalker; Danvag pressure group founder and resident near to motorway, Raymond Plumber; Dartford Tunnel spokesman Rodney Jones; GLC Transport Chairman Dave Wetzel; Roger Duck, Chief Executive of Dartford Council. Plays out to Autobahn by Kraftwerk.

Contributors

Lynda Chalker; Paul Watters; Dave Wetzel; Geoff Dossetter; Raymond Plumber; Rodney Jones; Roger Duck

Keywords

Traffic; Truck drivers; Political protests; Kent; Roads; Public finance; Road transport; Motorways; Environment; Tunnels; Costs; Road construction; Pressure groups; Human activities effects; Freight transport; Dartford; Road engineering

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