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Sadiq Khan says Silvertown Tunnel won't increase emissions amid claims 'children would breathe in fumes'

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Published date12 April 2024
Publication titleMyLondon (England)
She said: “You’ve created a space that obviously was intended for use. So, I think, the whole programme from beginning to end has not been well thought through at all."

The campaign group - Stop Silvertown Tunnel Traffic and Pollution SSTTP -has also claimed in an email to the commissioner of Transport for London TfL, Andy Lord, and Deputy Mayor of London for transport, Seb Dance, that general traffic will 'always worsen long-term climate outcomes, and long-term local pollution outcomes in some of London’s least affluent and most polluted boroughs'.

But now, Mr Khan has hit back, stating that there are not enough river crossings in South East London, and the Blackwall Tunnel is 'not fit for purpose'. He added that he has 'improved' plans for the Silvertown Tunnel, including making sure there are two lanes for zero-emmission buses.

The mayor also said: "But also the air quality monitors, the other steps we are taking, are being told the ULEZ is now wider. That means the quality of air will improve, the congestion will reduce, and it's far better doing that than the status quo.

"People who are concerned about the air quality, I'm hoping they'll realise that one of the reasons the air is so poor around there is because there isn't the infrastructure investment, because that's a poor part of London." He added that there are air pollution monitors being installed during and after the construction to 'make sure' that emissions do not increase.

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