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Here follows the content of EGRA's submission to the Silvertown Tunnel Consultation. This has now been sent to the Mayor, TFL, our MP, assembly members, councillors and the council. -------- The proposed new Silvertown Tunnel will possibly impact more severely on the area of East Greenwich than on many other parts of south east London. For this reason, the East Greenwich Residents Association (EGRA) would respond to the latest pre-consultation to call, above all, for better

These two proposed tunnels will roughly double the capacity of the existing Blackwall Tunnel, making it bigger than the Dartford crossings. TfL have argued in favour and have an online consultation open till 19 December. We only have a week left to make our views known and if we are happy with paying tolls for all the tunnels. Opponents of the new tunnels are grouped under the No to Silvertown Tunnel campaign. EGRA's concern is that doubling traffic through the tunnels will

Despite pleas from the local community for the borough to conduct its own independent traffic assessment and to halt planning consent due to concerns over gridlock and air quality, IKEA was given the green light on 9th December. EGRA took part in a protest march last weekend organised by No IKEA