Looks like there was an incident at the tunnel approach before the two roads split apart. South east london is in gridlock as a result, just like the good old days 😅

by mainframe_maisie

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  3. There’s been an accident in a pinch point but traffic has been way better since the tunnel opened. 

  4. There’s a Silvertown tunnel? I haven’t been that way in years.

  5. Actually what I will say, the superloop service is absolutely class. Big fan of that

  8. All this money for a 2-lane tunnel with one being a bus lane

  9. Unless you’re driving for work and you need to… Can’t fathom why anyone would ruin their life by driving in this city.

  11. So the tunnel got blocked and it stopped solving the problem that it has helped solve? Damn that’s crazy bro.

  12. The only difference is that now you pay for the honor of being stuck in traffic

  14. 100% that’s someone switching at the very last few yards before the tunnel split. I see it all the time.

    Most cant read a simple directional road sign and stay in the correct lane.

  15. Ever since Silvertown has been opened I have actually been able to use that route as a way of getting to north London in the morning. Prior to that – unless I set off at 5am it was impossible to get through.

    Very thankful for the tunnel, it’s dramatically improved the congestion in the Greenwich / Blackwall area 🙌🏻

  20. That’s metropolitan road tunnels for you. Guaranteed that some fuckwit will manage to wedge his truck sideways and block the entire thing every week.

  21. I’m afraid, in London, especially in a very built up ‘central’ congestion pinch point location such as this, an accident on the road is 100% going to cause serious congestion. It’s unavoidable!

  22. The classic calamity of civil planning. You need to relieve traffic problems so you build more bridges and more tunnels… But all that does is allow more traffic to flow through and add to the existing traffic problems.

    Repeat ad nauseum.

  23. Just waiting on them to finish the A406 bridge over the Thames from Gallions Reach to Thamesmead

  24. It’s the classic case of building new infrastructure without fixing the underlying fragility. You can add all the lanes and tunnels you want, but a single hiccup at a key point still brings the whole system to its knees. It’s a temporary fix, not a resilient solution. The gridlock today just proves it.

  25. Lived in Greenwich for a decade. Miss aspects of life there dearly.

    Things I don’t miss: the 2 hour schlep to get to the m25 heading north through the Blackwall tunnel. 

  26. Went through Blackwall tunnel this morning around 7.30, the accident at the start of Silvertown just put all the traffic through Blackwall except for some bigger trucks and buses left waiting.

    Added maybe 20 mins, it was basically what Blackwall used to be like. I use it one or two days a week and it’s massively better since the tolls and Silvertown started.

  27. Right? Classic London! Build a tunne, still stuck in traffic. It’s like déjà vu but worse!

  29. But there’s an accident. What’s that to with the construction of the tunnel? 

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