Environmentalists say the tunnel will divert more HGVs through Newham and Greenwich.
Mayor Sadiq Khan gave the tunnel the go-ahead, funded with a PFI against future earnings.
It said it will also reduce pollution caused by the congestion on some of London's most polluted roads.And campaigners say however you dress it up, a road tunnel is bad for the environment. "It's going to attract new HGVs into Greenwich, past our schools and our kids and into Newham — the most polluted borough in the UK. "
"One of the issues we have is all the developers are now looking at building distribution centres," she said.Patrick Ives, of the East Greenwich Residents Association called the project "ill-considered"."I don't know quite what the mayor is thinking but you're just building in mayhem certainly on this side of the river and probably the other."Both Labour councils Newham and Greenwich want the tunnel to be repurposed as a public transport tunnel.
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