Updates

Here are all the posts made on the blog and the front page describing updates and changes to other parts of the website. 

They are arranged with the latest updates at the top. 

The story of London's motorways 20 February 2018

The history of London's abandoned motorway plans, from the earliest ideas of the 20th Century to the political fights and protests of the 1970s, is back on CBRD.

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The Ross Motorway 27 January 2018

The commemorative book published to mark the opening of the M50 is now available on CBRD.

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The Ringways are back 24 December 2017

The story of the most astonishing and destructive thing never to happen to London is back on CBRD, after a six month absence.

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What's new

Grand openings

Our much-loved Opening Booklets section has two new publications for you to explore, and we’re making some overdue changes to make them easier to find and easier to read.

Silver bullet

The Silvertown Tunnel is finally open for business. One question remains: what’s it for?

Skid Risk, Accident, Fog

For the first time, we can share pictures of the pioneering experiment that lit up the Worcestershire countryside with enormous signs 61 years ago.

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Have you seen...

M1-A1 Link Road

Those last few miles of the M1 east of Leeds were completed in 1999. It looks for the most part like a fairly average piece of road, but one of the project's engineers describes some of the challenges that were faced.