Alternative uses for Silvertown Tunnel discussed with Mayor of London candidate, Zöe Garbett 30th January 2024 / 13th March 2024 by Matt Stratford The London Mayor’s £2.2bn Silvertown Tunnel is due to open as a new river crossing in 2025 without any cycle lanes planned for it. This means that cargo bikes and e-bikes have nowhere reliable to cross the Thames east of Tower Bridge. Nor may ordinary people on bikes, unless they can carry them down and up […] Read more » transport
Council home purchase is a useful sticking plaster but more work needed on housing crisis 10th January 2024 / 3rd February 2024 by Matt Stratford The Royal Borough of Greenwich council has recently announced the intention to purchase 199 homes in Greenwich Millennium Village from the major housing developer, Taylor Wimpey. Greenwich and Bexley Green Party cautiously welcomes this policy in response to the chronic shortage of council homes, with a surplus of people languishing in temporary and emergency accommodation. […] Read more » housing
