Stuart Harvey, Chief Capital Officer at Transport for London said: "I'm pleased that we can now confirm that the Silvertown Tunnel will open on 7 April 2025, following years of hard work and close collaboration between ourselves and Riverlinx Limited. The tunnel is on track to open in the coming months and is a testament to brilliant and ground-breaking engineering."
Transport for London (TfL) confirmed the opening date as it announced that construction work is coming towards a close, and operational readiness testing has started ahead of the tunnel opening. New bus routes serving the East London tunnel, which will be free for at least the first year, will also launch the same day.
Although cyclists and, for a year, buses will be free, motorists will need to pay - with tolls being introduced on both the new Silvertown and the existing Blackwall tunnels between 6am and 10pm. Tolls to use the Blackwall tunnel will come into effect on the same day that its neighbor the Silvertown tunnel opens - Monday 7th April 2025.
Throughout the construction of the new tunnel, which began in 2021, more than 1,860,000 tonnes of material have been transported to and from the site via river rather than using roads.
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