South Circular Road, London
Later plans
### Later plans

In 1985, the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry proposed a £300m partial replacement for the South Circular that would have seen a dual\-carriageway built over existing suburban railway lines between  and [Wandsworth Bridge](/wiki/Wandsworth_Bridge "Wandsworth Bridge"), and  to . The Government announced a large\-scale upgrade of the South Circular in the 1989 [white paper](/wiki/White_paper "White paper") [Roads for Prosperity](/wiki/Roads_for_Prosperity "Roads for Prosperity"), but it was cancelled the following year after a petition signed by 3,500 local residents. In addition to the proposed property demolition around Tulse Hill, the petition complained that the road's course conveniently avoided a house belonging to then\-Prime Minister [Margaret Thatcher](/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher "Margaret Thatcher") half a mile away.


What was notable about the course of the proposed road upgrade?