Sadiq Khan was urged last night to prioritise walking and cycling in the new Silvertown Tunnel by Greenwich councillors, with one of them branding his £2 billion road project a “ticking timebomb” waiting to go off in the borough. The London mayor has always insisted that his road project will “virtually” eliminate the notorious congestion […]
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Prioritise public transport and cycling in Silvertown Tunnel, Greenwich Council to demand
Greenwich councillors are to challenge Sadiq Khan to prioritise public transport and cycling in the Silvertown Tunnel when it opens in 2025. Khan and Transport for London, which he chairs, say the £2 billion tunnel, between the Greenwich Peninsula and Royal Docks, will “virtually eliminate” the persistent traffic congestion at the northbound Blackwall Tunnel. Critics […]
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Blackwall Tunnel closed for two weekends as Silvertown Tunnel works step up
The southbound Blackwall Tunnel will be closed for two weekends as work on the new Silvertown Tunnel steps up a gear. Drivers are being warned that the tunnel will be closed on 00.01 on Saturday June 24 to 05.00 on Monday June 26 to allow for a 1960s footbridge across the A102 to be dismantled. […]
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Silvertown Tunnel problems lead to £30m loss at construction giant
Problems building the Silvertown Tunnel have left one of the companies building the controversial new road link on the Greenwich Peninsula nursing a £30 million loss. Ferrovial Construction UK, which has a 40 per cent share in Riverlinx, the consortium that is digging the new tunnel to the Royal Docks, blamed the loss on the […]
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First bore of Silvertown Tunnel finished – but work slips further behind schedule
The first bore of the Silvertown Tunnel has been dug – but construction of the controversial new route is slipping further behind schedule. Riverlinx, the company which is building and will operate the controversial road tunnel on behalf of Transport for London, said the milestone had been reached on February 15, five and a half […]
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Only a vocal minority oppose the Silvertown Tunnel, Sadiq Khan says
London mayor Sadiq Khan has dismissed calls to halt work on the Silvertown Tunnel – branding opponents of the scheme a “vocal minority”. The machine digging the new tunnel has now completed its journey from the Royal Docks to the Greenwich Peninsula, and will soon be turned around so it can start work on the […]
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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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Few people would use Silvertown Tunnel buses from Woolwich or Eltham, TfL says
Transport for London has said that only a “relatively small number of people” would use buses from Woolwich via the Silvertown Tunnel – despite the £2 billion road link being touted as a “public-transport-focused” river crossing by the mayor. Details of new bus routes that would use the tunnel, which is due to open in […]
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