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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Greenwich Council refuses to say if it still backs foot tunnel cycling
Greenwich Council will not say whether or not it still wants to allow cycling in the Greenwich Foot Tunnel – despite the proposals being criticised by a neighbouring borough. Cycling is banned in both the Greenwich and Woolwich foot tunnels, but the bye-laws are effectively unenforceable because they were last updated in 1938. The maximum […]
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Put anti-cyclist barriers at north end of Greenwich Foot Tunnel, councillor says
A Tower Hamlets councillor has called for barriers to be placed on the north side of the Greenwich Foot Tunnel to stop cyclists “zooming through” the historic river crossing. Labour’s Abdal Ullah made the comments as the east London council passed a motion voicing worries about long-stalled plans to allow cycling in the tunnel, which […]
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Glass doors to go as broken Greenwich Foot Tunnel lifts get patched up
The broken lifts in the Greenwich Foot Tunnel are to be patched up with new doors to keep them working for the time being. Greenwich Council has set a deadline of mid-January 2022 for the lifts to be back in operation after a wave of complaints from pedestrians and cyclists that has also seen the […]
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Greenwich Foot Tunnel lifts could be closed for five months – and may need replacing again
The lifts at Greenwich Foot Tunnel could be closed for five months – with Greenwich Council admitting that its lifts may need replacing after just nine years in service. Tunnel users have been forced to use the stairs for months after a series of breakdowns on both sides of the Thames – with the north […]
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Greenwich and Woolwich foot tunnel users’ group to disband in frustration
A group formed to press for improvements at the Greenwich and Woolwich foot tunnels plans to wind itself up because it has been unable to help solve continuing problems with the crossings. Fogwoft – the Friends of Greenwich and Woolwich Foot Tunnels – was formed in 2013 following a botched refurbishment of the two tunnels […]
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Greenwich Foot Tunnel to open at weekends again after virus shutdown
Greenwich Foot Tunnel will stay open this weekend after several weeks of closures during the coronavirus lockdown. The tunnel, which runs between Cutty Sark Gardens in Greenwich and Island Gardens on the Isle of Dogs, closed suddenly on 5 April because of crowds of people in the tunnel. It has been closed every weekend since […]
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Coronavirus: Easter weekend closure for Greenwich Foot Tunnel
The Greenwich Foot Tunnel is to close for Easter weekend, Greenwich Council has confirmed, because of worries that users will not be able to stay sufficiently apart from each other to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The tunnel closed for a time on Sunday because of the numbers of people using it, and with more […]
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