Chapter III – part three: A historic town

Part three: A historic town – Norwich

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There are many cities in Britain where the traffic problem is given a further twist by the fact that the old centre has a historic and architectural character which, if it is to be conserved, prevents major reconstruction. We thought it would be instructive to study one of these cities. We chose Norwich for the purpose. We acknowledge at the outset the great help given us by the Norwich Society who, at our request, made an environmental appreciation of the centre. We are also grateful to the City Engineer for placing survey data at our disposal. We wish to make it quite clear that this study is in no sense put forward as a plan for Norwich. It is an academic study which perhaps suggests a new way of looking at a difficult problem.