A festive truce has broken out over the Greenwich Foot Tunnel – with the two councils that own it finally agreeing to work together on “full tunnel regeneration”. Representatives of Greenwich and Tower Hamlets councils met last month and agreed to work on detailed designs, including introducing new lifts with dual shafts so when one […]
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Woolwich’s Waterfront Leisure Centre site to be sold for housing
Greenwich Council has confirmed that the Waterfront Leisure Centre in Woolwich will be knocked down and sold for housing after it closes. The centre, which opened in 1988, will be replaced in the coming weeks by the new Woolwich Waves complex facing General Gordon Square. The new leisure centre is due to open next month. […]
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TfL does not want to take over Greenwich’s foot tunnels, campaigners told
Transport for London is not interested in taking over the Greenwich and Woolwich foot tunnels, a Greenwich councillor has said. A petition calling for TfL to take over the two Thames crossings – which are currently run by Greenwich Council – passed 1,000 signatures on Friday afternoon. But Calum O’Byrne Mulligan, the interim cabinet member […]
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Woolwich Foot Tunnel’s broken lift ‘to be fixed within the next year’
Long-delayed work to fix the broken lift in the Woolwich Foot Tunnel should begin shortly and finally be completed “sometime within the next year”, a leading Newham councillor has said. The lift on the 113-year-old tunnel’s north side has been out of order since August 2022, with the crossing from North Woolwich to Woolwich only […]
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Greenwich Foot Tunnel cyclists could face ‘substantial’ fines after council U-turn
Cyclists riding through the Greenwich Foot Tunnel could face “substantial” fines if an agreement can be reached with Tower Hamlets, Greenwich councillors have been told. Dangerous riding through the tunnel has irritated users for years – and has been a source of friction between the two boroughs on opposite sides of the Thames. Cycling in […]
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Drainage problem shuts Woolwich Foot Tunnel for 36 hours in latest fiasco
Updated story: Woolwich Foot Tunnel, where one lift has now been out of service for nearly three years, has reopened after being closed because of a drainage problem. The issue is the latest fiasco to hit the river crossing, where promised works to fix the northern lift have not yet materialised. Greenwich Council announced the […]
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Woolwich Foot Tunnel lift to be fixed after councils patch up differences
Woolwich Foot Tunnel’s broken lift will finally be repaired after two years out of service after Greenwich and Newham councils came to an agreement over paying for the works. The lift on the North Woolwich side has been out of action since August 2022, and an argument briefly erupted between the two councils over paying […]
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Woolwich Foot Tunnel lift repairs halted by row between councils
A row between Greenwich and Newham councils is holding up much-needed works to fix the Woolwich Foot Tunnel, where one of the lifts has been out of action for nearly two years. Both the Woolwich tunnel and its sister crossing at Greenwich have been plagued by lift breakdowns since a botched refurbishment more than a […]
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