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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Schoolchildren plead with Sadiq Khan to scrap Silvertown Tunnel
Schoolchildren from Kidbrooke have pleaded for the Silvertown Tunnel to be scrapped, as protesters hit City Hall for a second time this morning. Pupils and teachers from the Thomas Tallis school joined environmental campaigners from Extinction Rebellion and the Stop the Silvertown Tunnel Coalition to pressure London mayor Sadiq Khan to backtrack on the controversial […]
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Silvertown Tunnel will cut local HGV traffic, TfL insists as protesters call figures ‘fiction’
Transport for London has insisted the controversial Silvertown Tunnel will cut HGV use on its approach roads by five per cent, after campaigners questioned Sadiq Khan’s transport boss’s assertion that neighbourhoods near the tunnel would see fewer lorries on their roads. Heidi Alexander, the deputy mayor for transport and the former MP for Lewisham East, […]
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Climate protesters stage Silvertown Tunnel protest at City Hall
Climate change activists have protested outside City Hall this morning as part of a new campaign against the planned Silvertown Tunnel. Protesters met London Assembly members Caroline Pidgeon (Lib Dem) and Caroline Russell (Green) and handed in a letter for mayor Sadiq Khan asking him to scrap the £1 billion project to build a new […]
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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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Silvertown Tunnel: Government asks TfL to look again at air quality
Transport for London has been asked to reassess the air quality impact of its proposed Silvertown Tunnel after the Department for Transport delayed making a decision on the controversial new road for another six months. A decision had been expected on the planned link between Greenwich Peninsula and the Royal Docks in October, following a […]
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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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What next for the cable car? It still has no Oyster card commuters…
Last year, this website told you there were no Oyster card commuters. Guess what? There still aren’t any. There’s more in this story I’ve written for Londonist: Cable car still has no regular users. It’s the fourth year I’ve surveyed cable car usage in a typical October week. In 2012 and 2013 I did it […]
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