Expansion Attempts and Related Projects
Proposals to relieve congestion in the tunnels have been considered from time to time. In February 2012, Transport for London began a consultation exercise for a new tunnel from Silvertown to the Greenwich Peninsula to carry 6,000 vehicles per hour. The results of the consultation are planned to be published in Spring 2012 and the tunnel is provisionally planned to open in 2021. A vehicle ferry between Beckton and Thamesmead is also part of the consultation.
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