a new section of the a12, known as the "m11 link road" or "a12 hackney-m11 link road", was built in the early 1990s in the face of the major m11 link road protest and finally opened in october 1999. the section of road had originally been proposed in 1903 in a royal commission on london traffic. a public inquiry had been held in september 1961 and a further three public inquiries, a parliamentary bill and a high court challenge had been required before the work started.