"The flyover, built in the 1960s, forms a pretty ugly dark barrier south of Hammersmith town centre. The gyratory and unwelcoming road layout is a legacy of 1960s thinking, which prioritised motorists over residents and pedestrians. There has been talk about improving Hammersmith town centre by burying the flyover in a tunnel for over a decade, and this proposal was included in the Hammersmith Town Centre Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) last year."
"The council report says that it has been examining ways to improve the flyover area since the emergency repairs were carried out in 2011-12, and it believes a tunnel would be viable. The report states that releasing the land by burying the A4 in a tunnel would create opportunities to reconnect Hammersmith Town Centre to the River Thames, as well as opening up opportunities for development, which could help fund the delivery of the tunnel."
A road tunnel could replace the Hammersmith Flyover, built in the 1960s and forming an ugly, dark barrier south of Hammersmith town centre. The current gyratory and one-way layout prioritised motorists over residents and pedestrians. Plans to bury the flyover in a tunnel have been considered for over a decade and were included in the Hammersmith Town Centre Supplementary Planning Document. Hammersmith and Fulham Council is proposing the tunnel as part of a new local plan, viewing tunnelling as viable and potentially enabling land release to reconnect the town centre to the River Thames and to fund development. Construction would be complex and likely require closure of the existing flyover, and the proposal remains at an early, unfunded stage. The tunnel seeks to avoid displacing A4 traffic into neighbouring streets.
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