The Greens’ London mayoral candidate, Zoë Garbett, has joined the London Assembly after the resignation of the longstanding anti-Silvertown Tunnel campaigner Siân Berry, just days after she was re-elected to City Hall. Berry had been an assembly member for eight years but was last year selected as the Greens’ parliamentary candidate for Brighton Pavilion, the seat […]
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Revive old Greenwich tram plan for Silvertown Tunnel, mayor urged
Long-dead plans for a tram service between Greenwich Peninsula and Abbey Wood should be revived as part of a plan to rework the Silvertown Tunnel scheme, a Green assembly member has suggested. The Greenwich Waterfront Transit was conceived in the 1990s as a way of linking riverside areas that were about to undergo huge redevelopment […]
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Tell us how much it would cost to cancel Silvertown Tunnel, London Assembly tells Sadiq Khan
Sadiq Khan has been urged to reveal what it would cost to cancel the Silvertown Tunnel by members of the London Assembly. The planned crossing between Greenwich Peninsula and the Royal Docks has been the subject of fierce criticism from locals, environmental campaigners and politicians who fear it will increase traffic and contribute to poor […]
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Car-led recovery is on as London drivers avoid public transport
Hopes of avoiding a car-led recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic in London have been dashed as new data shows car usage returned almost to pre-pandemic levels in 2021. Figures revealed by City Hall on Tuesday show that, while passenger numbers on public transport have struggled to recover since March 2020, car use has been far […]
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Scrapping £2bn Silvertown Tunnel would make TfL’s cash crisis worse, Khan insists
Cancelling the Silvertown Tunnel would only add to Transport for London’s financial crisis, Sadiq Khan has insisted – but the London mayor has refused to reveal how much it would cost to axe the £2 billion new road. Construction work is under way on the controversial tunnel between the Royal Docks and the Greenwich Peninsula, […]
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None of Greenwich’s police officers live in the borough, report reveals
None of Greenwich borough’s police officers actually live in the area they serve, a report from London Assembly member Sian Berry has revealed. The Green Party co-leader’s research found that only 52% of Greenwich’s police officers live in Greater London – with none at all living in the borough. Neighbouring Lewisham has just 36% living […]
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