The recent clearing of the Paris Garden site is the latest in a series of controversies surrounding the derelict Meymott Street site which has lain empty for years.
Businessman DAVID FRANKLIN who lives south of the river in the congestion charge area has been monitoring the preparations. Here he suggests that not only does the scheme go beyond the manifesto but traffic levels are already falling.
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