 Having planned for one of the two big industrial estates to be built to the west of the town for easy motorway access, Sir Fredrick Gibberd was appalled when the motorway was eventually built to the east of the town instead, describing it as "just about the most monstrous thing to ever happen to me as a planner" during a 1982 interview.Running through the town is the A414, a major road from Hertford to Chelmsford and linking the town with the A10 to the west.Another major road running from Harlow is the A1184, which also leads to the nearby town of Bishop's Stortford.