Greenwich Council is backing the eventual closure of the Woolwich Ferry in favour of a road bridge at Gallions Reach, according to its response to Transport for London’s consultation into Thames river crossings. It’s also calling for tolls to be introduced at the Blackwall Tunnel before any other road crossings are built, according to the […]
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Bridge East London: Come Labour bombs and fall on Plumstead?
The road lobby’s getting itchy. Monday saw the London Chamber of Commerce publish a new design for the road bridge it’s desperate to see built between Thamesmead and Beckton. The Evening Standard obligingly spun it as a “bicycle-friendly” bridge, because it has a pedestrian and cycle lane beneath the dual carriageway taking it across the […]
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Buried Greenwich Council report criticises Silvertown Tunnel
853 exclusive: Greenwich Council suppressed a report which criticised Tory mayor Boris Johnson’s plans for a new road tunnel between the Greenwich Peninsula and the Royal Docks – while the council’s Labour leadership was launching a campaign to push for the tunnel to be built. Published in May 2012, the Hyder Consulting report into a […]
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Air pollution and SE London: The No to Silvertown Tunnel study
It’s been a little bit quiet on this website over the past few weeks, and one of the reasons why is that I’ve been busy with the No to Silvertown Tunnel campaign. The results of our latest air pollution study were released last Thursday, and they’re horrifying – with nearly all of the 150 sites […]
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Silvertown Tunnel will cause ‘pressure’, Boris Johnson admits
London mayor Boris Johnson has admitted his proposals for the Silvertown Tunnel will cause “much more pressure and much more traffic” on local roads – despite his allies at Greenwich Council claiming the opposite. Johnson’s admission also gives campaigners against a new Ikea in Greenwich a new line of argument while the mayor considers whether […]
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Beyond the Silvertown Tunnel: TfL eyes Ringway road revival
With smog levels high in London this week, you might think that anyone proposing major new road schemes for the capital would be laughed out of town. But Transport for London is considering reviving long-dead proposals for new orbital roads around the capital – raising the spectre of decades-old plans which threatened Blackheath Village and […]
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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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Lewisham tells Greenwich: Cough up for Blackheath fireworks
Lewisham Council is asking Greenwich Council to start paying towards the annual Blackheath fireworks display again, after revealing fundraising for this year’s event fell nearly £30,000 short of covering its costs. Greenwich withdrew its £37,000 share of funding for what was a jointly-run display in 2010, with council deputy leader Peter Brooks claiming it would […]
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