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High Court battle looms over Lutfur Rahman's bid to axe low traffic neighbourhoods in Tower Hamlets

Source: Ross Lydall

The High Court is to hear a challenge from campaigners seeking to prevent an East London borough mayor from ripping out low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs).

A judge has ordered a two-day judicial review hearing later this year after accepting that all seven arguments put forward by the Save Our Safer group have legal merit.

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