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style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">51.50472; 0.00806</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Silvertown Tunnel</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></div></div> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Tunnel under construction below the Thames between Silvertown and North Greenwich</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media 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colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Silvertown_Tunnel_boreholes_(1)_(geograph_4275684).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Silvertown_Tunnel_boreholes_%281%29_%28geograph_4275684%29.jpg/220px-Silvertown_Tunnel_boreholes_%281%29_%28geograph_4275684%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Silvertown_Tunnel_boreholes_%281%29_%28geograph_4275684%29.jpg/330px-Silvertown_Tunnel_boreholes_%281%29_%28geograph_4275684%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Silvertown_Tunnel_boreholes_%281%29_%28geograph_4275684%29.jpg/440px-Silvertown_Tunnel_boreholes_%281%29_%28geograph_4275684%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Exploratory boreholes on the site in 2014</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #eee;">Overview</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Silvertown" title="Silvertown">Silvertown</a> / <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Peninsula" title="Greenwich Peninsula">Greenwich Peninsula</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Silvertown_Tunnel&params=51_30_17_N_00_00_29_E_region:GB_type:landmark&title=Silvertown+Tunnel"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">51°30′17″N</span> <span class="longitude">00°00′29″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">51.50472°N 0.00806°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">51.50472; 0.00806</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Silvertown Tunnel</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data">Boring complete</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Route</th><td class="infobox-data">A1020</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Crosses</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/River_Thames" title="River Thames">River Thames</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Start</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Newham" title="London Borough of Newham">London Borough of Newham</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">End</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Borough_of_Greenwich" title="Royal Borough of Greenwich">Royal Borough of Greenwich</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #eee;">Operation</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Transport_for_London" title="Transport for London">Transport for London</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Operator</th><td class="infobox-data">Riverlinx</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Traffic</th><td class="infobox-data">Automotive</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Character</th><td class="infobox-data">Twin-tube</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #eee;">Technical</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">1.4 km (0.87 miles)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of <a href="/wiki/Lane" title="Lane">lanes</a></th><td class="infobox-data">2 lanes per tunnel</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Width</th><td class="infobox-data">10.66 metres (35.0 ft) (internal)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cross passages</th><td class="infobox-data">8</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #eee;">Route map</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container floatleft" style="width: 300px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="300" data-height="200" data-zoom="14" data-overlays="["_75b85b793baf87aa5c60e75241315e7f35a74ac9"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,14,a,a,300x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Silvertown_Tunnel&revid=1249162418&groups=_75b85b793baf87aa5c60e75241315e7f35a74ac9" width="300" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,14,a,a,300x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Silvertown_Tunnel&revid=1249162418&groups=_75b85b793baf87aa5c60e75241315e7f35a74ac9 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Silvertown Tunnel</b> is a road tunnel under construction beneath the <a href="/wiki/River_Thames" title="River Thames">River Thames</a> in London, England. It will be built from west <a href="/wiki/Silvertown" title="Silvertown">Silvertown</a> on the north bank to the <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Peninsula" title="Greenwich Peninsula">Greenwich Peninsula</a> on the south bank. On the southern end it will begin at the same location as the existing <a href="/wiki/Blackwall_Tunnel" title="Blackwall Tunnel">Blackwall Tunnel</a> but ends up a mile east of it on the northern side, to the east of the <a href="/wiki/River_Lea" title="River Lea">River Lea</a> estuary. </p><p>It is being promoted by <a href="/wiki/Transport_for_London" title="Transport for London">Transport for London</a> and will be delivered through a design, build, finance and maintain contract by the Riverlinx consortium which was awarded in November 2019. The tunnel is intended to reduce congestion through the <a href="/wiki/A102_road" title="A102 road">A102</a> <a href="/wiki/Blackwall_Tunnel" title="Blackwall Tunnel">Blackwall Tunnel</a> and both tunnels will be <a href="/wiki/Toll_roads_in_Great_Britain" title="Toll roads in Great Britain">tolled</a> when it opens in 2025. </p><p>The tunnel will include dedicated lanes for <a href="/wiki/Heavy_goods_vehicle" class="mw-redirect" title="Heavy goods vehicle">heavy goods vehicles</a> and buses. There will be no pedestrian or cycle access<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="The material near this tag failed verification of its source citation(s). (May 2024)">failed verification</span></a></i>]</sup> but a shuttle bus is being considered for cyclists. All future bus routes that will use the tunnel will be zero emission.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="The material near this tag failed verification of its source citation(s). (May 2024)">failed verification</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Route">Route</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Silvertown_Tunnel&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Route"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The design is for a twin-bore tunnel to connect the A1020 Silvertown Way/Lower Lea Crossing on the north side with the <a href="/wiki/A102_road" title="A102 road">A102 road</a> Blackwall Tunnel Approach on the south side, on an alignment similar to the <a href="/wiki/London_cable_car" title="London cable car">London cable car</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TfL_Silverlink_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TfL_Silverlink-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lane 1 will be dedicated to buses and goods vehicles over 7.5t, while lane 2 will be available for all traffic. The proposed tunnel would affect access to <a href="/wiki/Thames_Wharf_DLR_station" title="Thames Wharf DLR station">Thames Wharf station</a> proposed as part of the <a href="/wiki/Docklands_Light_Railway" title="Docklands Light Railway">Docklands Light Railway</a>'s <a href="/wiki/London_City_Airport" title="London City Airport">London City Airport</a> extension.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tunnel is intended to reduce congestion through the nearby <a href="/wiki/Blackwall_Tunnel" title="Blackwall Tunnel">Blackwall Tunnel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cost">Cost</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Silvertown_Tunnel&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cost"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2012, the cost was stated to be £600m.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A consultation in 2015 stated that the cost of construction was estimated to be £1bn.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 2020, the cost was increased again, to £1.2 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Operation, maintenance and financial costs of the tunnel over 25 years is expected to cost another £1bn.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Opposition">Opposition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Silvertown_Tunnel&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Opposition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The tunnel has been criticised by opponents who fear it will increase levels of traffic, in turn increasing air pollution. Green Party member and councillor <a href="/wiki/Caroline_Russell" title="Caroline Russell">Caroline Russell</a> expressed concern that as the cost of the tunnel would be covered by tolling, future mayors of London will want to keep traffic levels high in order to pay this off. The lack of walking or cycling facilities in the tunnel has been criticised. A planned pedestrian and cyclist bridge from Rotherhithe to Canary Wharf, the <a href="/wiki/Rotherhithe_crossing" title="Rotherhithe crossing">Rotherhithe crossing</a>, was cancelled in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Plans submitted in 2019 suggested 19 trees would be removed. However, revised plans submitted in 2021 suggested over 100 trees would be removed to construct the tunnel and access roads.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A report, 'The Silvertown Tunnel is in a hole, so STOP DIGGING', published in 2020, called for the £1.2 billion Silvertown Tunnel project to be cancelled. It claimed it is incompatible with the Greater London Authority’s vision to be carbon neutral by 2030. The report was published by Transport Action Network, Stop the Silvertown Tunnel coalition, Speak Out Woolwich and Extinction Rebellion Greenwich. <sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_opposition">Political opposition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Silvertown_Tunnel&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Political opposition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Green Party: </p> <ul><li>Cllr <a href="/wiki/Scott_Ainslie" title="Scott Ainslie">Scott Ainslie</a>, former Green MEP for London and councillor on Lambeth Council.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Bartley" title="Jonathan Bartley">Jonathan Bartley</a>, former Co-leader of the Green Party and Leader of the Opposition on Lambeth Council.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Cllr <a href="/wiki/Si%C3%A2n_Berry" title="Siân Berry">Siân Berry</a>, Green Party member of the London Assembly and Leader of the Green Group on Camden Council.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Cllr <a href="/wiki/Caroline_Russell" title="Caroline Russell">Caroline Russell</a>, Green Party member on the London Assembly and Leader of the Opposition on Islington Council.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zack_Polanski" title="Zack Polanski">Zack Polanski</a>, Green Party member of the London Assembly.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li></ul> <p>Conservative Party: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Boff" title="Andrew Boff">Andrew Boff</a>, former Conservative Group leader and Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/London_Assembly" title="London Assembly">London Assembly</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zac_Goldsmith" title="Zac Goldsmith">Zac Goldsmith</a>, former Conservative MP for Richmond Park and North Kingston, candidate for Mayor of London and Member of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Liberal Democrats: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Siobhan_Benita" title="Siobhan Benita">Siobhan Benita</a>, former Liberal Democrat candidate for Mayor of London<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Davey" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward Davey">Sir Edward Davey</a>, Leader of the Liberal Democrats and former <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Energy_and_Climate_Change" title="Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change">Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>Cllr <a href="/wiki/Luisa_Porritt" title="Luisa Porritt">Luisa Porritt</a>, Liberal Democrat candidate for Mayor of London and Councillor in Camden.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caroline_Pigeon" class="mw-redirect" title="Caroline Pigeon">Caroline Pigeon</a>, Liberal Democrat leader on the London Assembly.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munira_Wilson" title="Munira Wilson">Munira Wilson</a>, Liberal Democrat MP for Twickenham.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Labour Party: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lyn_Brown" title="Lyn Brown">Lyn Brown</a>, Labour MP for West Ham.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Cllr <a href="/wiki/Damien_Egan" title="Damien Egan">Damien Egan</a>, Labour Mayor of Lewisham.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rokhsana_Fiaz" title="Rokhsana Fiaz">Rokhsana Fiaz</a>, Labour Mayor of Newham.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Glanville" title="Philip Glanville">Philip Glanville</a>, Labour Mayor of Hackney.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abena_Oppong-Asare" title="Abena Oppong-Asare">Abena Oppong-Asare</a>, MP for Erith and Thamesmead.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Cllr Peter John, Labour leader of Southwark Council.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Pennycook" title="Matthew Pennycook">Matthew Pennycook</a>, Labour MP for Greenwich and Woolwich.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McDonnell" title="John McDonnell">John McDonnell</a>, Labour MP for Hayes and Harlington.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Campaign_groups">Campaign groups</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Silvertown_Tunnel&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Campaign groups"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The tunnel is opposed by the 'No to the Silvertown Tunnel' campaign, and more recently the Stop the Silvertown Tunnel Coalition which claims that it would generate more traffic and more congestion, and lead to more <a href="/wiki/Air_pollution" title="Air pollution">air pollution</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Friends_of_the_Earth" title="Friends of the Earth">Friends of the Earth</a> have been lobbying <a href="/wiki/Tower_Hamlets_Borough_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Tower Hamlets Borough Council">Tower Hamlets Borough Council</a> to reject the proposal.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2020, <a href="/wiki/Extinction_Rebellion" title="Extinction Rebellion">Extinction Rebellion</a> protesters locked themselves to a drilling rig, calling on <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_London" title="Mayor of London">Mayor of London</a> <a href="/wiki/Sadiq_Khan" title="Sadiq Khan">Sadiq Khan</a> to halt the project amidst environmental concerns.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2021, 52 academics and campaigners sent a joint open letter to <a href="/wiki/Transport_secretary" class="mw-redirect" title="Transport secretary">transport secretary</a> <a href="/wiki/Grant_Shapps" title="Grant Shapps">Grant Shapps</a> and Mayor of London Sadiq Khan seeking an "emergency review" of the proposed tunnel's environmental impact.<sup id="cite_ref-emergencyreview_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-emergencyreview-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Silvertown_Tunnel&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It was proposed that the project should be reviewed in 2006 following the completion of the <a href="/wiki/Thames_Gateway_Bridge" title="Thames Gateway Bridge">Thames Gateway Bridge</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The then London Mayor, <a href="/wiki/Ken_Livingstone" title="Ken Livingstone">Ken Livingstone</a>, supported the scheme in principle and expressed a preference that the link be a road tunnel.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The Mayor's Transport Strategy stated that construction of the link would follow the implementation of the subsequently cancelled Thames Gateway Bridge.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="This claim needs references to better sources. (April 2021)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>A public consultation on the Silvertown Tunnel and the <a href="/wiki/Gallions_Reach_Ferry" class="mw-redirect" title="Gallions Reach Ferry">Gallions Reach Ferry</a> took place between February and March 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A further consultation was conducted from 29 October 2012 to 1 February 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A consultation on tolling both the Silvertown and the Blackwall tunnels opened in October 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following a <a href="/wiki/Nationally_significant_infrastructure_project" title="Nationally significant infrastructure project">Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project</a> inquiry,<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the government approved the proposal in May 2018,<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the contract was awarded in November 2019 to the Riverlinx consortium.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Construction began in March 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 11.87 m diameter earth pressure balance <a href="/wiki/Tunnel_boring_machine#Earth_Pressure_Balance" title="Tunnel boring machine">TBM</a> used was supplied by <a href="/wiki/Herrenknecht" title="Herrenknecht">Herrenknecht</a> and named <i>Jill</i> after <a href="/wiki/Jill_Viner" title="Jill Viner">Jill Viner</a>, the first female bus driver in London. Tunnel segments were supplied by Banagher Precast Concrete in Ireland.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The southbound tunnel drive was completed on 15 February 2023 to the Greenwich shaft, after which the TBM was turned around for the northbound tunnel drive to be completed on 4 September 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Overall construction is due for completion in 2025.<sup id="cite_ref-emergencyreview_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-emergencyreview-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Public_transport">Public transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Silvertown_Tunnel&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Public transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When Transport for London applied for permission to build the tunnel, it proposed that five bus routes would use it. However, in October 2022 plans for bus routes were revealed with only two routes using the tunnel, with only one route providing stops either side of the river.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Route X239 will run an express section between Blackheath (Sun in the Sands) and <a href="/wiki/Blackwall,_London" title="Blackwall, London">Blackwall</a> (Leamouth) via the tunnel.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The X239 route was later announced as part of the <a href="/wiki/London_Superloop" title="London Superloop">Superloop</a> scheme and is now known as route SL4. Traffic modelling in 2016 was based on around 37 buses per hour using the tunnels during peak times but this was later reduced to 20 buses.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Charges">Charges</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Silvertown_Tunnel&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Charges"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Charging will begin when the tunnel opens in 2025 and will coincide with the introduction of tolling to the adjacent <a href="/wiki/Blackwall_Tunnel" title="Blackwall Tunnel">Blackwall Tunnel</a>. Charges were expected to be similar to the <a href="/wiki/Dartford_Crossing" title="Dartford Crossing">Dartford Crossing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of June 2023, charges for the Dartford Crossing are £2/£2.50 for cars, depending on method of payment.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Signs submitted by TfL for approval, with prices suggested in 2015, appeared to show that vehicles using the tunnel between 6am and 10pm will be charged £4 (cars), £3.50 (motorcycles) or £8.50 (other vehicles) for a single journey.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The charges are expected to be agreed in 2024 and the system available for drivers to register.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Allowing for inflation, the suggested £4 charge for cars is likely to be £5.25 in 2025.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Discounts for residents in Greenwich, Newham and Tower Hamlets were considered in 2015 and rejected. In October 2023 the Mayor of London proposed a discount for low-income residents.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Silvertown_Tunnel&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thames_Gateway_Bridge" title="Thames Gateway Bridge">Thames Gateway Bridge</a>, a bridge proposal that was cancelled in 2008</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Thames_Crossing" title="Lower Thames Crossing">Lower Thames Crossing</a>, a proposed crossing to the east of the M25</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gallions_Reach_Crossing" title="Gallions Reach Crossing">Gallions Reach Crossing</a>, a proposed tunnel or bridge between <a href="/wiki/Beckton" title="Beckton">Beckton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thamesmead" title="Thamesmead">Thamesmead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belvedere_Crossing" title="Belvedere Crossing">Belvedere Crossing</a>, a proposed tunnel or bridge between <a href="/wiki/Belvedere,_London" title="Belvedere, London">Belvedere</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rainham,_London" title="Rainham, London">Rainham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_crossings_of_the_River_Thames" title="List of crossings of the River Thames">List of crossings of the River Thames</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_road_projects_in_the_UK" title="List of road projects in the UK">List of road projects in the UK</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Silvertown_Tunnel&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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