“For years, campaigners and local councillors at both ends of the potential tunnel have repeatedly called for information about what would happen if in the future a London mayor chooses to remove or reduce the tolls that are intended to keep traffic induced by the plans down. Green assembly member Sian Berry, who proposed the motion, said: “This motion is not about whether Silvertown Tunnel should go ahead, this is about the assembly ensuring all projects that affect Londoners have proper assessment and transparency. Today the assembly, which scrutinises the mayor’s powers, voted 12-10 in favour of asking TfL to produce this data – with Labour assembly members voting against. When the scheme went through the planning process six years ago, no modelling was produced on the effects of the tunnel without the tolls. Opponents of the tunnel fear that a populist politician could win power at City Hall on a platform of scrapping tolls. However, a loophole in the legislation allowing the Silvertown Tunnel, which was approved in 2018, means that a future mayor could scrap the charges.
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The London mayor and TfL, which he chairs, insist that the tolls are needed to stop roads around the tunnels being overwhelmed with drivers eager to make use of the crossing between the Royal Docks and Greenwich Peninsula. The London Assembly has called on Sadiq Khan and Transport for London to provide data on what would happen if a future mayor dropped tolls on the Silvertown Tunnel.ĭrivers will be charged to use the new tunnel when it opens in 2025, along with the Blackwall Tunnel, with the money paying back the £2 billlion cost of the project. Tunnelling work is expected to begin from the Silvertown side this summer
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