Source: London Assembly
The Silvertown Road Tunnel is set to open in 2025, at which point, under the contract signed off by the Mayor of London in late 2019, a toll will be imposed on both the Blackwall and Silvertown Tunnels. Today, the Mayor has written to Secretary of State Mark Harper suggesting that given the toll is set to be £5.25, a greater discount for low-income Londoners should be considered. [1]
Reacting to the Mayor’s letter, Green Party London Assembly Member Siân Berry issued the following statement:
“The Silvertown Road Tunnel should never have been started. Now, the Mayor is tying himself up in knots trying to reconcile the new costs the tunnels will impose on drivers in the area with the need to limit pollution from those motor vehicles.
“It is not too late to transform this infrastructure into a tunnel for public transport, walking, and cycling, a solution which would carry none of the traffic and pollution risks and at the same time provide an affordable option to cross the river for older people, younger people, and the nearly 50 per cent of residents in Greenwich and Newnham without access to a car.” [2]