Greenwich Council is under new pressure to reverse its support for the controversial Silvertown Tunnel after local Labour Party members across the borough passed motions demanding councillors drop its backing for mayor Sadiq Khan’s £1bn road scheme. Party members in Greenwich & Woolwich, Eltham and Erith & Thamesmead have all passed motions attacking the tunnel […]
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Greenwich’s air pollution chief ‘slightly optimistic’ about ULEZ effect on Woolwich
The Greenwich councillor in charge of air quality is “slightly optimistic” that Sadiq Khan’s Ultra Low Emissions Zone will not damage air quality in Woolwich, she said last night. Denise Scott-McDonald, whose portfolio covers both transport and air quality, said she had been reassured by reports that 74 per cent of vehicles inside the current […]
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Two more neighbouring boroughs declare climate emergencies after Greenwich’s refusal
Two more of Greenwich’s neighbouring boroughs have declared climate emergencies, weeks after it rejected a call to do so because it said it was already doing enough to deal with climate change. Tower Hamlets and Newham, both Labour-run councils, both joined Lewisham in pledging to make their boroughs carbon neutral by 2030. Lewisham made the […]
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Silvertown Tunnel work due to start in late 2019, TfL says
Work will begin on the controversial Silvertown Tunnel late next year, Transport for London has announced in its latest business plan. The £1 billion tunnel, which was approved by transport secretary Chris Grayling in May, will run alongside the Blackwall Tunnel to link the Greenwich Peninsula and Royal Docks. Despite the scheme getting the green […]
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Khan cycling cuts mean Woolwich Road flyover becomes Silvertown Tunnel sticking point
Cuts made by mayor Sadiq Khan to London’s cycling programmes mean the Woolwich Road flyover in east Greenwich has become a late sticking point in the planning process for the controversial Silvertown Tunnel. Transport Secretary Chris Grayling will announce within the next seven weeks whether or not he will give permission for the new road, […]
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Sadiq Khan backed Silvertown Tunnel five weeks after election – despite promising ‘joined-up review’
London mayor Sadiq Khan agreed to continue with Boris Johnson’s plans to build the controversial Silvertown Tunnel within weeks of taking office, despite promising a “proper joined-up review” into the project while standing for election. Documents released under the Freedom of Information Act reveal that Khan backed the tunnel after receiving a briefing from Transport […]
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Greenwich Council forced to reveal Silvertown Tunnel report
Greenwich Council has been made to release a secret report to Labour councillors about its backing for the Silvertown Tunnel under freedom of information legislation, after nearly a year of refusing to publish the information. The document reveals that Greenwich’s Labour councillors decided to back the Silvertown Tunnel proposals with no evidence that it would […]
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Greenwich Council: ‘We’ll build our own river crossing’
Greenwich Council is demanding the power to build a new road bridge at Thamesmead, according to its response to Transport for London’s consultation into river crossings. As expected, the council is “strongly supporting” the controversial Silvertown Tunnel, which would branch off the A102 just south of the Blackwall Tunnel, as favoured by mayor Boris Johnson […]
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