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Blackwall traffic improves since Silvertown Tunnel opening
Blackwall traffic improves since Silvertown Tunnel opening: The number of traffic jams at the Blackwall Tunnel has been slashed in the first three months after ...
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Blackwall traffic improves since Silvertown Tunnel opening
Blackwall traffic improves since Silvertown Tunnel opening: The number of traffic jams at the Blackwall Tunnel has been slashed in the first three months after ...
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Blackwall traffic improves since Silvertown Tunnel opening
Blackwall traffic improves since Silvertown Tunnel opening: The number of traffic jams at the Blackwall Tunnel has been slashed in the first three months after ...
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Blackwall traffic improves since Silvertown Tunnel opening
Blackwall traffic improves since Silvertown Tunnel opening: The number of traffic jams at the Blackwall Tunnel has been slashed in the first three months after ...
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Blackwall traffic improves since Silvertown Tunnel opening
Blackwall traffic improves since Silvertown Tunnel opening: The number of traffic jams at the Blackwall Tunnel has been slashed in the first three months after ...
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Blackwall traffic improves since Silvertown Tunnel opening
Blackwall traffic improves since Silvertown Tunnel opening: The number of traffic jams at the Blackwall Tunnel has been slashed in the first three months after ...
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Blackwall traffic improves since Silvertown Tunnel opening
Blackwall traffic improves since Silvertown Tunnel opening: The number of traffic jams at the Blackwall Tunnel has been slashed in the first three months after ...
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How much Blackwall and Silvertown tunnel now cost as new price change begins: Tunnel charges increased this week
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‘It is costing taxpayers on average £5,400 to ferry just 51 cyclists a day ...
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Silvertown Tunnel fees set to rise as TfL says it has been success: The Silvertown tunnel fee at peak times will go up by 20p later this year but since opening a ...
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Silvertown Tunnel links with free DLR and TfL buses extended
Silvertown Tunnel links with free DLR and TfL buses extended: TfL has extended free DLR and bus travel linked to the Silvertown Tunnel until May 26, 2026 ...
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SL4, 108 and 129 Silvertown Tunnel buses free until May
SL4, 108 and 129 Silvertown Tunnel buses free until May: Free travel on Silvertown Tunnel bus routes SL4, 108, and 129 has been extended by seven weeks.
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TfL extends free London bus trial on three routes by seven weeks
TfL extends free London bus trial on three routes by seven weeks: Bus travel across Silvertown and Blackwall tunnels will remain free until May 26
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TfL confirms most common reason for cancelling Silvertown Tunnel fines
TfL confirms most common reason for cancelling Silvertown Tunnel fines: Fines issued for crossing Blackwall and Silvertown tunnels without paying the toll have ...
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Driver 'blind' to TfL signs appeals against £180 fines for failing to pay ...
Driver 'blind' to TfL signs appeals against £180 fines for failing to pay Silvertown and Blackwall tolls
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Huge fire shuts Blackwall tunnel as dramatic video shows smoke billowing ...
Huge fire shuts Blackwall tunnel as dramatic video shows smoke billowing into sky
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Revealed: 500,000 penalty tickets for drivers who failed to pay Silvertown ...
Revealed: 500,000 penalty tickets for drivers who failed to pay Silvertown and Blackwall tunnel tolls
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Thousands of Kent drivers fined for not paying new tunnel tolls
Thousands of Kent drivers fined for not paying new tunnel tolls: A freedom of information request has revealed thousands of Kent drivers have been penalised for ...
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Drivers use Woolwich Ferry to cross Thames and avoid tunnel tolls
Drivers use Woolwich Ferry to cross Thames and avoid tunnel tolls: About 1,800 extra vehicles are using the Woolwich Ferry daily, after the Silvertown Tunnel ...
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TfL says Silvertown tunnel reduces Blackwall tunnel traffic
TfL says Silvertown tunnel reduces Blackwall tunnel traffic: Traffic levels around the Silvertown tunnel dropped in the first month after it opened ...
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TfL says Silvertown Tunnel improves bus 108 wait times
TfL says Silvertown Tunnel improves bus 108 wait times: The Silvertown Tunnel has improved the reliability of a cross-river bus service, Transport for London has ...
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Silvertown tunnel: cyclists stage mass protest over bike ban
Silvertown tunnel: cyclists stage mass protest over bike ban: Around 1,000 cyclists reportedly rode through the Silvertown tunnel on Friday night (April 25) amid ...
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‘Polluting’ Silvertown tunnel is already out of date despite just opening ...
‘Polluting’ Silvertown tunnel is already out of date despite just opening, say campaigners
theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/apr/07/polluting-silvertown-tunnel-is-already-out-of-date-despite-just-opening-say-campaigners
Key FactsCampaigners warn Silvertown Tunnel is outdated
Apr 7, 2025 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: theguardian.com
  • Victoria Rance of the Stop the Silvertown Tunnel Coalition calls the £2bn technology outdated and warns of health damage lasting decades.

  • Sadiq Khan and TfL expect less congestion and air pollution, alongside better transport links through zero-emission buses.

  • Opponents fear increased traffic and pollution could worsen health in some of the country’s most deprived boroughs.

  • Rance wants the tunnel repurposed for public transport and bicycles rather than used for motor traffic.
  • As cities across Europe invest in public transport or active travel – real green transport infrastructure – we are left with what is effectively 1970s technology … a highly polluting road tunnel that will be out of date the moment it opens.
    — Victoria Rance, founder of the Stop the Silvertown Tunnel Coalition, on the tunnel being out of date the moment it opens