North Greenwich tube station had its busiest day on Saturday since the start of the first coronavirus lockdown as people flocked to the Greenwich Peninsula for a sunny start to the bank holiday weekend. At least 43,684 people journeys started or ended at North Greenwich on Saturday, more than on any day, including weekdays, since […]
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TfL ‘pays £10m’ to settle Silvertown Tunnel dispute as opponents plan new protest
Transport for London has paid £10 million to settle a legal dispute over the building of the controversial Silvertown Tunnel, it was reported at the weekend. Two years ago TfL awarded the contract to build the £2bn tunnel to Riverlinx, a consortium which includes Ferrovial, the owner of Heathrow Airport. Riverlinx will build and operate […]
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Morden Wharf: Our towers won’t be a blot on Greenwich landscape, developer insists
The developer behind plans for 1,500 homes next to the Blackwall Tunnel has said its proposals will be in keeping with the local area after local MP Matt Pennycook criticised its application to build towers of up to 36 storeys. U+I plans to redevelop Morden Wharf into housing and business space in a development including […]
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Think again on Silvertown Tunnel, local MPs urge victorious Sadiq Khan
The Labour MPs representing communities at both ends of the Silvertown Tunnel appealed to Sadiq Khan to think again about the controversial new road, just hours after the mayor pledged that he would never ignore voters’ worries. Khan was confirmed as the winner of last week’s mayoral election on Saturday night after securing 55.2 per […]
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More protests threatened as anti-Silvertown Tunnel slogan jet-washed onto embankment
Protesters have jet-washed an anti-Silvertown Tunnel slogan onto a Thames embankment facing the Greenwich Peninsula – and are promising more protests as construction steps up. Activists in hi-viz jackets clambered onto the foreshore close to Peruvian Wharf in Silvertown at low tide to write “Stop the tunnel” on the river wall. Construction work began earlier […]
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Riverside brewery and taproom to come to Greenwich Peninsula’s Morden Wharf
One of London’s best-known craft breweries has signed up to move into the 1,500-home Morden Wharf development next to the Blackwall Tunnel. Brew By Numbers will open a taproom and brewery in a refurbished warehouse on the site of an old pub, The Sea Witch, which was destroyed in the Second World War. A planning […]
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Silvertown Tunnel pollution monitoring undecided despite work having started, Khan admits
Levels of air quality monitoring for the Silvertown Tunnel have not been decided – even though work is already well under way on the £2billion new toll road under the Thames. London mayor Sadiq Khan took four months to answer an assembly member’s question on how Transport for London will watch levels of pollution after […]
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TfL should ‘rebuild trust’ with locals over Silvertown Tunnel, officials told
Transport for London needs to repair relations with local people about its £2 billion Silvertown Tunnel project, senior figures in charge of the project have been told after a review of the scheme suggested they make clear just how the road project will get Londoners out of their cars. Work has already begun on the […]
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