The southbound Blackwall Tunnel will be closed again between October 21-23 as work continues on building the £2bn Silvertown Tunnel next to it. A new flyover carrying traffic over the Silvertown Tunnel entrance came into operation on Monday morning, with drivers leaving the southbound Blackwall Tunnel veering left to use the new section of road. […]
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Tory MP’s Blackwall Tunnel toll petition threatens Greenwich with gridlock
Updated story: A Tory MP has launched a petition to scrap planned tolls on the Blackwall Tunnel – a move that would risk swamping Greenwich with traffic and could send Transport for London’s finances into further turmoil. Louie French, the MP for Old Bexley and Sidcup, claimed the toll – which was approved in 2018 […]
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More Blackwall Tunnel closures coming as Silvertown Tunnel flyover work continues
The southbound Blackwall Tunnel will be closed on three more weekends in the coming months as work continues on the new Silvertown Tunnel next to it. Traffic will be diverted away from the tunnel on September 30-October 1 and October 7-8 so a flyover being built over the new tunnel entrance can be finished. The […]
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Photos show inside the Silvertown Tunnel as tunnelling work comes to an end
Photos have been released from inside the Silvertown Tunnel to mark the completion of the main tunnelling work on the £2 billion road project. The two bores of the tunnel, between Greenwich Peninsula and the Royal Docks, were finished last month when the tunnelling machine finished its journey back to the north side of the […]
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Plans for hundreds of homes by Silvertown Tunnel entrance move forward
Plans for a 27-storey tower close to the Silvertown Tunnel’s southern entrance are inching forward, documents submitted to Greenwich Council reveal. Fairview New Homes announced earlier this year that it had bought a former lorry park at Boord Street, just off the Blackwall Tunnel approach. Documents submitted to Greenwich planners suggest that Fairview plans to […]
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Mayor mocked as second Silvertown Tunnel bore completed without fanfare
Both the Silvertown Tunnel’s boreholes have now been completed, it has emerged – but Sadiq Khan has been criticised for not publicising the milestone. Transport for London has confirmed that the project’s main tunnelling works have finished, after photos taken from the nearby cable car – showing the tunnel boring machine on the north bank […]
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Silvertown Tunnel cycle shuttle bus proposals are revealed by TfL
Plans for shuttle buses to ferry cyclists through the Silvertown Tunnel have been outlined by Transport for London, nearly seven years after they were first announced by Sadiq Khan. Proposals for a cycle bus were revealed when Khan gave his backing for the £2 billion road tunnel in October 2016, along with plans for a […]
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Blackwall Tunnel closed again this weekend for more Silvertown Tunnel work
The southbound Blackwall Tunnel will be closed this weekend, Transport for London has confirmed, so utility work can be carried out on the new Silvertown Tunnel. TfL will close the tunnel, from Poplar to the Greenwich Peninsula, from 00.01 on Saturday July 8 to 05.00 on Monday July 10, with drivers needing to find alternative […]
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