Transport for London has confirmed that the Blackwall Tunnel will stay open as normal this weekend after it had initially warned of a possible southbound closure to allow for more work on the Silvertown Tunnel.
The company building the new tunnel, Riverlinx, is installing drainage below and new gantries above the crossing.
The Blackwall Tunnel has been closed southbound for the past two weekends, but work has gone so well that a possible closure this weekend will not be needed.
However, southbound closures planned for February 10-12 and 24-26 will take place as planned. And another weekend closure is planned for March, with dates to be confirmed.
Helen Wright, the head of the Silvertown Tunnel programme for TfL, said: “Following the successful delivery of works to the Blackwall Tunnel approach over the last two weekends to prepare it for the new Silvertown Tunnel, we are pleased to confirm that we now do not require the planned southbound closure of the Blackwall Tunnel on the weekend of 27-29 January.
“We thank drivers for their patience during those planned closures.”
During the closure weekends, northbound traffic runs as normal while the southbound route is closed between 00.01 Saturday and 05.00 on Monday.
However, bus route 108 is split in both directions to run between Lewisham-North Greenwich and Canning Town-Stratford in both directions, with passengers carried by Tube between North Greenwich and Canning Town; except in the early hours of Monday when it runs via Tower Bridge.
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