Transport for London says it is working with Greenwich Council to make sure a major new cycle route in Deptford can open “as quickly and efficiently as possible” after it emerged that it may not be ready for months. Most work on Cycleway 4, on Creek Road in Deptford, was finished in May. It is […]
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Evelyn Street Cycleway 4 works to start – but riders left waiting on Creek Road
Work begins next week on the latest section of Cycleway 4 in Deptford – but riders are having to wait before they can use the most-recently built section of segregated track. Construction of the 1.4km section along Evelyn Street will begin on Monday and last until May, Transport for London said. Along with the protected […]
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Southbound Blackwall Tunnel to be closed this Sunday for fire safety works
The southbound Blackwall Tunnel will be closed all day on Sunday so major repairs can be carried out to fire safety equipment. Traffic will be diverted away from the tunnel between 00.01 on Sunday and 05.00 next Monday while crews install a new heat detection system above the carriageway. There will also be three overnight […]
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TfL ‘pays £10m’ to settle Silvertown Tunnel dispute as opponents plan new protest
Transport for London has paid £10 million to settle a legal dispute over the building of the controversial Silvertown Tunnel, it was reported at the weekend. Two years ago TfL awarded the contract to build the £2bn tunnel to Riverlinx, a consortium which includes Ferrovial, the owner of Heathrow Airport. Riverlinx will build and operate […]
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More protests threatened as anti-Silvertown Tunnel slogan jet-washed onto embankment
Protesters have jet-washed an anti-Silvertown Tunnel slogan onto a Thames embankment facing the Greenwich Peninsula – and are promising more protests as construction steps up. Activists in hi-viz jackets clambered onto the foreshore close to Peruvian Wharf in Silvertown at low tide to write “Stop the tunnel” on the river wall. Construction work began earlier […]
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TfL should ‘rebuild trust’ with locals over Silvertown Tunnel, officials told
Transport for London needs to repair relations with local people about its £2 billion Silvertown Tunnel project, senior figures in charge of the project have been told after a review of the scheme suggested they make clear just how the road project will get Londoners out of their cars. Work has already begun on the […]
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Council could back Santander Cycles expansion to Greenwich and Charlton
Greenwich Council has signalled it could back an expansion of London’s cycle hire scheme to the borough along the route of the new Cycleway 4. Southeast London was mostly not included in the London Cycle Hire network when it launched under Boris Johnson in 2010, although an extension into east London in 2012 brought the […]
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Donors step in to cover costs after food bank hit by parking fines
Donors have stepped up to pay parking fines for one of SE London’s biggest food banks after it was slapped with £130 in tickets for loading and unloading outside one of its centres. The penalty charges were racked up by a Lewisham Foodbank volunteer outside the Salvation Army base on Brownhill Road in Catford. Food […]
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