Lord Berkeley has called for Crossrail to reopen disused Royal Mail tunnels under London to shift spoil from the project and avert traffic chaos in the capital, according to Roadtransport.com sister title Contract Journal.
He warned the present plan to dispose of spoil from massive station excavations by lorry threatened traffic gridlock, as hundreds
of trucks a day are expected to pass through London's busy West End.
Lord Berkeley, who is also chairman of the Rail Freight Group, says: "More than 200 truck movements a day will be needed to shift the spoil from the station excavations, such as Tottenham Court Road. This will create traffic chaos in London."
He was speaking at the annual parliamentary reception of the Construction Product Association, attended by senior politicians and members of the construction industry.
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