Labour campaigners are starting 2021 with a new campaign to push Sadiq Khan, their party’s London mayor, to cancel the £2 billion Silvertown Tunnel. The renewed drive comes eight years after Labour councils in Greenwich and Newham launched a ‘Bridge the Gap’ campaign to get the tunnel built, and four years after it gained planning […]
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TfL to look again at traffic impact of Silvertown Tunnel
Transport for London is to re-examine the impact the controversial Silvertown Tunnel will have on south-east and east London’s traffic because of the extension of the central London congestion charge. Detailed studies into traffic were done ahead of the public hearings into the new road, which were held in 2016 and 2017, ahead of it […]
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Relief as plans for more weekend London City Airport flights shelved
Campaigners have voiced their relief at news that London City Airport has shelved plans to increase its operating hours. The airport published its long-term vision for the future today after a consultation with neighbours and passengers last summer. Campaign groups like Hacan East were previously concerned by suggestions the airport might seek to increase flights […]
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Stop Silvertown Tunnel, Erith & Thamesmead MP Oppong-Asare tells mayor
The MP for Erith & Thamesmead has added her voice to the campaign against the Silvertown Tunnel, writing to Sadiq Khan asking him to stop and review the controversial project. Abena Oppong-Asare said the £2 billion road tunnel between Greenwich Peninsula and the Royal Docks, which will include a lane for HGVs, does not make […]
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38-storey blocks to replace North Greenwich bus station as 5,800 Peninsula homes approved
Plans for 38-storey blocks at North Greenwich station were approved last night as a taller, denser masterplan for the Greenwich Peninsula was backed by councillors. The new blueprint replaces once drawn up in 2015 and means the demolition of the existing bus station and its replacement with a new transport hub as well as 5,813 […]
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Greenwich Council’s £30,000 planning deal over gasholder branded ‘astonishing’
Greenwich Council’s decision to accept almost £30,000 from the owner of east Greenwich’s demolished gas holder to develop a planning brief has been criticised as “astonishing” by the leader of the borough’s Conservatives. The Guardian revealed on Sunday that Greenwich had accepted the money from Scotia Gas Networks for a study into the site of […]
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Coronavirus highlights need for Silvertown Tunnel, Sadiq Khan claims
London’s Labour mayor Sadiq Khan has doubled-down on his support for the Silvertown Tunnel – claiming the coronavirus pandemic simply highlights the need for the controversial crossing. Preliminary work has begun on the £1.2 billion new road between the Greenwich Peninsula and the Royal Docks, which Khan’s administration says will “eliminate” congestion at the Blackwall […]
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Morden Wharf: Home for royal barge could feature in Greenwich Peninsula development
A possible home for a royal barge features in proposals to build 1,500 new homes on the west side of Greenwich Peninsula, which have been submitted to planners. The £770m scheme for Morden Wharf includes a landscaped park by the River Thames as well as commercial, retail and community space. U+I, which is behind the […]
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