A festive truce has broken out over the Greenwich Foot Tunnel – with the two councils that own it finally agreeing to work together on “full tunnel regeneration”. Representatives of Greenwich and Tower Hamlets councils met last month and agreed to work on detailed designs, including introducing new lifts with dual shafts so when one […]
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TfL does not want to take over Greenwich’s foot tunnels, campaigners told
Transport for London is not interested in taking over the Greenwich and Woolwich foot tunnels, a Greenwich councillor has said. A petition calling for TfL to take over the two Thames crossings – which are currently run by Greenwich Council – passed 1,000 signatures on Friday afternoon. But Calum O’Byrne Mulligan, the interim cabinet member […]
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Hand Greenwich Foot Tunnel to TfL, lift campaigners demand in petition
The campaigners who pushed Transport for London to fix the broken escalators at Cutty Sark DLR station have now turned their sights to the out-of-order lifts in the Greenwich Foot Tunnel. Maureen O’Mara, a former Labour councillor, and Karin Tearle, a Green Party candidate, have launched a petition calling for control of the foot tunnel […]
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Greenwich Foot Tunnel user creates app to warn of lift closures
A disgruntled user of the Greenwich Foot Tunnel has created a web app so fellow walkers and cyclists can warn each other when the crossing’s unreliable lifts are broken. The lifts have been regularly out of action since a botched refurbishment by Greenwich Council 14 years ago. Both Greenwich and Tower Hamlets councils own the […]
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Greenwich Foot Tunnel cyclists could face ‘substantial’ fines after council U-turn
Cyclists riding through the Greenwich Foot Tunnel could face “substantial” fines if an agreement can be reached with Tower Hamlets, Greenwich councillors have been told. Dangerous riding through the tunnel has irritated users for years – and has been a source of friction between the two boroughs on opposite sides of the Thames. Cycling in […]
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Woolwich Foot Tunnel lift repairs halted by row between councils
A row between Greenwich and Newham councils is holding up much-needed works to fix the Woolwich Foot Tunnel, where one of the lifts has been out of action for nearly two years. Both the Woolwich tunnel and its sister crossing at Greenwich have been plagued by lift breakdowns since a botched refurbishment more than a […]
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Councils to talk about future of Greenwich and Woolwich foot tunnels
Greenwich, Tower Hamlets and Newham councils are to hold discussions on the future of their foot tunnels that cross the Thames, which have been blighted by lift problems for more than a decade. The Woolwich Foot Tunnel lifts have been out of service for months while the lifts at Greenwich remain unreliable, despite recent work […]
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Mayor could be asked to help fund new Greenwich Foot Tunnel lifts
London mayor Sadiq Khan could be asked to help fund replacing the lifts at Greenwich Foot Tunnel, Greenwich Council’s deputy leader said – after her own council officers wrongly claimed that users were experiencing a “trouble-free service”. An answer written in Averil Lekau’s name claimed that a strategy to keep the troubled lifts running in […]
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