Proposed new crossing (tunnel) under consultation until Christmas is proposed to provide a crossing from Greenwich peninsular to The Royal Docks Silvertown.
At a cost of £750 million will be paid for by putting a toll on the existing Blackwall Tunnels as well as on the new tunnel after completion.
Great idea to have a new crossing, it's much needed but what pisses me off is the fact that every river crossing East of Tower Bridge will be tolled. Why should East / South East Londoners be charged to cross the river yet everything west of Tower Bridge is free ?
I realise I can cross for free up river and should West Londoners use the tunnels or Dartford Bridge they pay the tolls but it seems that it will be predominantly Londoners in the Boroughs East of Tower Bridge that are going to pay the lions share.
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£750 million? Yeah right! And the rest.....
Tolls at Blackwall!!!!
Save your money mate. Reckon you could drive up to kew bridge and be back over the other side quicker than that little mess.
Disgusted.
As to Blackwall, why create capacity and then add to congestion by tolling?
Just had this email:
Dear Stakeholder
You may recall that between October and November 2015, you replied to our consultation on plans to build the Silvertown Tunnel, to link the Greenwich Peninsula with the Royal Docks. I am writing with an update on the project.
Last week Transport for London’s Board gave approval for us to submit a Development Consent Order to the Secretary of State for Transport for powers to implement the Silvertown Tunnel scheme. Our application will include a Consultation Report, which will set out our response to all of the issues raised in our recent consultation. We received more than 4,000 responses to the consultation and these are continuing to help inform our final plans.
We plan to submit an application for powers to implement the Silvertown Tunnel scheme in the spring 2016, and we will contact you again at this time once we are in a position to publish our Consultation Report.
If our application is accepted by the Secretary of State, there will be a public examination on the scheme managed by the Planning Inspectorate. In that case, you will have an opportunity to make written representations and take part in hearings as part of the examination. We will explain how you can take part in the examination when we write again, later this spring.
In the meantime, if you have any questions please let us know or see our website tfl.gov.uk/silvertown-tunnel.
So it looks like it's probably going ahead.
Air quality is already extremely poor in Trafalgar Rd SE10. Constructing a tunnel will make our air worse. Some readers may find the following of interest.
silvertowntunnel.co.uk/