The blight of heavy goods vehicles thundering by your house at the rate of over one a minute is difficult to imagine for most people. That however is the reality for residents on Bullsmoor Lane in the north of the borough.

The impact on their quality of life is enormous, and something that I don't think was seriously taken into account when the then Transport Secretary John Prescott MP visited for 10 minutes (not in rush hour) and overruled the application known as the Northern Gateway Access Road (NGAR) which would have eased this daily blight for local residents.

I believe that now is the time to resurrect the application, not least because we can improve matters for residents but because the benefits for the local and wider London economy are substantial.

The plan was for a link road to give industrial traffic using Mollison Avenue (a predominantly business area on down the Lea valley) a direct link to the M25 instead of going through Bullsmoor Lane or Ordnance Road, .

Strategically this will reduce transport times in and out of the borough and help revitalise some of the struggling businesses along this corridor. Our location, close to London and the main airports and motorways, makes us a good choice for business and therefore local job creation. It makes no sense to make it so difficult for those businesses to get in and out of Enfield. NGAR goes a long way to putting right this wrong.

Nick said,

"Good for the local economy and good for the quality of life for local residents is a potential win-win for the borough, and I intend to raise this in Parliament"