M11 link road protests

Title

M11 link road protests

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

27 Sep 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:04:13

Description

Four people have been arrested in East London during an angry demonstration against the building of the M11 link road. As police and bulldozers moved into Leytonstone this morning, around fifty protesters had to be evicted from a small area of woodland in the path of the new road. From Leytonstone, Max Cotton reports. Includes interview with protesters John Beard and Brenda Ramsay(?); Police Superintendent Walter Poulter; Highways Agency spokesman, Jim Bald(?).

Contributors

Max Cotton; John Beard; Brenda Ramsay(?); Jim Bald(?); Walter Poulter

Keywords

London; Police; Roads; Demonstrations; Motorways; Protest movements; Environmental conservation; Arrests; Department of Transport; Epping Forest; Leytonstone; Eviction (land); Highways Agency

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