Exclusive: Fears quiet-street measures that have been part of traffic planning since 1960s could be scrapped in culture war

Thousands of England’s quiet residential streets and housing estates risk being opened up as rat runs under the government’s review of so-called low-traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs), prompting alarm from campaign groups.

Two weeks after Rishi Sunak announced he had ordered an inquiry into LTNs amid a pushback against what he termed wider “anti-motorist” policies, the Department for Transport (DfT) is still refusing to say who will run it, or when it will begin work.

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