Controversial Silvertown Tunnel project gets the goahead from TfL

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Reported today on City AM • For the full article visit: https://www.cityam.com/silvertown-tun... • The controversial Silvertown Tunnel is set to finally go ahead, after Transport for London (TfL) announced this morning it had finalised the project's contract.TfL has officially awarded the contract to Riverlinx Consortium to design, build, finance and maintain the £1bn tunnel connecting Royal Docks and Greenwich.Read more: Silvertown Tunnel: Bringing London together or tearing it apart?The project is designed to ease congestion around the nearby Blackwall Tunnel, but had stalled after the losing bidder, Silver Thames Connect, had lodged a legal challenge. The works are expected to be finished in 2025 and will be located within the Ultra Low Emissions Zone (Ulez).There has been a fierce campaign against the tunnel by the Stop the Silvertown Tunnel coalition, Greenwich Council, Newham Council and local MPs.Campaigners have complained about the tunnel affecting air quality and congestion in the areas, however TfL modelling suggests this will not be a problem.This morning, they suggested they would continue fighting for a review of the decision. Matthew Pennycook, Labour MP for Greenwich, tweeted that he was bitterly disappointed at the decision. I don't consider this the end of the matter and will continue to vociferously campaign against this ill-conceived scheme. Bitterly disappointed that the Mayor has today signed the Silvertown Tunnel contract. I don't consider this the end of the matter and will continue to vociferously campaign against this ill-conceived scheme. - Matthew Pennycook (@mtpennycook) November 25, 2019 Meanwhile, Victoria Rance, who leads the No to Silvertown Tunnel coalition, told City A.M. she was shocked at the decision, calling it a polluting profit-making infrastructure project . He is pursuing it despite the fact that all neighbouring counci

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