 It was intended that the North Circular would also be upgraded as Ringway 2 to motorway standard around London and be designated as the M15 motorway.It was also intended that the M11 would continue further into London joining Ringway 1 and then into Islington as 'Eastway'.Due to the cancellation and the scaling back of London Ringways during the 1970s, few these ambitious plans were realised except of East Cross Route which was part of Ringway 1 and the M11 Link road (designated as the A12) which was opened in 1999 despite considerable opposition from the M11 link road protest.