Silvertown tunnel

Mass trespass protest in Silvertown tunnel

30/04/2025

Roughly 1,000 cyclists from the pro-cycling activist group Critical Mass London took part in a ‘mass trespass’ in the Silvertown Tunnel last Friday night (25 April) in protest against the new tunnel and its active travel restrictions.

Bexley Council call Silvertown Tunnel fees ‘unfair’

23/04/2025

The London Borough of Bexley has criticised the introduction of toll fees for the new Silvertown tunnel and the Blackwall tunnel as being unfair to its residents.

The Silvertown Tunnel opens for business

07/04/2025

The new £2.2bn Silvertown Tunnel linking Silvertown to the Greenwich Peninsula in east London is now open.

Silvertown Tunnel to open in spring

07/01/2025

The Silvertown Tunnel is due to open on 7 April, with new bus routes serving the tunnel launching the same day.

TfL looking to procure new-style tunnel system

03/07/2024

Transport for London has begun the procurement process for a new Tunnels Control and Monitoring System (TCMS) ahead of the expiry of its current contract and the planned opening of the Silvertown Tunnel next year.

Tunnelling starts at Silvertown site

08/09/2022

Transport for London and the consortium building the ‘new public-transport focused’ Silvertown Tunnel have confirmed that tunnelling work, which was due to start in the spring or summer, is now underway.

King of the UK tunnel machines passes factory test

16/12/2021

The consortium delivering the controversial Silvertown Tunnel has announced the factory acceptance test of what it said is the largest diameter tunnel boring machine be used in the UK.

£1bn Silvertown PFI contract signed

26/11/2019

Transport for London has ‘completed’ the £1bn contract for the controversial Silvertown Tunnel under the Thames in east London, despite an ongoing legal challenge.

TfL unlocks Silvertown contract while legal battles continue

22/10/2019

Transport for London has unlocked the award of the £1bn Silvertown Tunnel contract, despite the ongoing legal action over its procurement.

TfL accused of 'manifestly erroneous' assessment of Silvertown bids

29/08/2019

Transport for London's procurement of the £1bn Silvertown tunnel was 'flawed, in breach of the principles of equal treatment […] and manifestly erroneous', according to the legal case brought by rival bidders.

Silvertown climate impact 'censored' from public inquiry

02/08/2019

Transport for London has been criticised for minimising discussion of the climate change impacts of the Silvertown Tunnel during the statutory planning process, in apparent breach of a pledge by former mayor Boris Johnson.

Silvertown Tunnel in depth

13/06/2019

Now that the winners of Transport for London's (TfL) £1bn Silvertown Tunnel project - procured through a Design, Build, Finance and Maintain contract - have been announced, Highways speaks to TfL to find out more about this flagship scheme.

Grayling backs Silvertown tunnel, despite pollution concerns

10/05/2018

Chris Grayling has given the go-ahead for the controversial road tunnel at Silvertown in East London, despite concerns over its impact on air pollution in the area.

And then there were two on £1bn Silvertown Tunnel deal

16/03/2018

The race to secure a £1bn contract to build the Silvertown Tunnel project in east London has narrowed to just two bidders after a joint venture between Skanska and Austrian outfit Strabag withdrew.

Silvertown Tunnel proposals go on display

06/10/2015

Proposals for the Silvertown Tunnel – a new river crossing for east London that would link the Greenwich Peninsula with the Royal Docks – have gone on display.

Work on £750m Silvertown tunnel could start in 2017

14/10/2014

A new £750 million tunnel could be built under the Thames in East London.

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