Responding to confirmation that the Silvertown Tunnel will open in April of this year, Polyvios Polyviou, Programme Director for Transport at BusinessLDN, said:
“The Silvertown Tunnel marks a great example of the public and private sectors coming together to deliver for Londoners. Once up and running, this project will provide much-needed new routes for bus users, cyclists and drivers alike whilst supporting local growth.
“Regular monitoring will, however, be required to ensure the estimated journey time savings of the scheme materialise and traffic is not diverted towards more central river crossings.
“It’s also vital that the Government’s current spending review provides Transport for London with the funding certainty it needs to deliver other critical infrastructure projects, not least long-awaited extensions to the Bakerloo and Docklands Light Railway lines.”