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my impression was they were claiming they could fund it by developing the land freed up by knocking down the flyover. is that wrong?

That's the theory. Putting the A4 underground would release a strip of land that could be 2-3 miles long and presumably developers would be queuing up to build on it.

There doesn't appear to be a proper study on the economics and feasibility yet, however. Surface roads would still be needed for access to all those new developments and anything involving tunnel boring machines will mean big construction sites at the ends.

Very important campaign against another motorway link in London:

http://www.lfgss.com/thread122437.html

Don't be fooled by it being in a tunnel, the drip-drip of road schemes like this extremely damaging. No more urban motorways.

There's another tunnel scheme being promoted here - put the A4 underground:
https://www.lbhf.gov.uk/Directory/News/Hammersmith_flyunder_options_to_be_revealed.asp#4

The A4 and Hammersmith gyratory blight the surrounding area so there is a certain attraction to sticking them underground and out of sight... but this would mean spending billions on car journeys into central London just so they can crawl along at a few mph.

LBH&F don't give a shit about cycling but I'll bet the developers are crawling all over them about this scheme given the potential to release land for development.

I can't see it happening - the Chiswick NIMBYs will be out in force against the big fuck-off Crossrail-like construction that would be needed in W4.

A bike shop called There Cycling has just opened on the Goldhawk Road in Shepherds Bush (bordering Chiswick and Hammersmith)

305A Goldhawk Road, London, W12 8EU

They sell European city bikes, not really my thing, but their workshop did a good job fixing a problem with my bike.