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• Crusty54

  July 20

  guinnessaddick said:

  clive said:

  Thames Gateway Bridge finally killed off to boost new homes and DLR

  https://greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/07/17/thames-gateway-bridge-thamesmead-dlr-beckton-riverside/

  The bridge should have been built before the Silvertown tunnel.

  The main reason it didn't get built was that there were no acceptable road connections for it south of the river.
  
  Went through the Blackwall Tunnel northbound last Wednesday morning at 0930. No queues on the approach road. 

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• guinnessaddick

  July 20

  Crusty54 said:

  guinnessaddick said:

  clive said:

  Thames Gateway Bridge finally killed off to boost new homes and DLR

  https://greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/07/17/thames-gateway-bridge-thamesmead-dlr-beckton-riverside/

  The bridge should have been built before the Silvertown tunnel.

  The main reason it didn't get built was that there were no acceptable road connections for it south of the river.
  
  Went through the Blackwall Tunnel northbound last Wednesday morning at 0930. No queues on the approach road. 

  There’s dual carriageway from Thamesmead all along the river to Erith.

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• sam3110

  July 20 edited July 20

  Crusty54 said:

  guinnessaddick said:

  clive said:

  Thames Gateway Bridge finally killed off to boost new homes and DLR

  https://greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/07/17/thames-gateway-bridge-thamesmead-dlr-beckton-riverside/

  The bridge should have been built before the Silvertown tunnel.

  The main reason it didn't get built was that there were no acceptable road connections for it south of the river.
  
  Went through the Blackwall Tunnel northbound last Wednesday morning at 0930. No queues on the approach road.  

  There is a clear line of derelict land they had earmarked for it from the the edge of the river to the roundabout next to HMP Belmarsh.
  
  
  

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• Crusty54

  July 21

  Unfortunately the dual carriageway doesn't link up to similar roads.

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• clive

  July 23

  TfL has released the first detailed data about the effects of the Blackwall and Silvertown Tunnel
  - Weekday traffic at Blackwall and Silvertown tunnels is down during the week and up at weekends
  - Weekend traffic through Woolwich Ferry is up 58 per cent
  - Traffic is also up at Rotherhithe Tunnel, but down slightly at Tower Bridge
  - SL4 bus to Canary Wharf has 6,700 users each day, but cycle shuttle has only 125-130
  https://greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/07/23/blackwall-silvertown-tunnel-toll-woolwich-ferry-rotherhithe/
  
  

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• cafcnick1992

  July 23

  Got my first Silvertown tunnel fine today

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• Gribbo

  July 23

  cafcnick1992 said:

  Got my first Silvertown tunnel fine today

  
  🥂

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• clive

  August 15

  Silvertown and Blackwall tunnel tolls generate £24.8 million in three months

  https://www.fromthemurkydepths.co.uk/2025/08/15/silvertown-and-blackwall-tunnel-tolls-generate-24-8-million-in-three-months/

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