Concern grows over
night flights
Concern grows over
night flights
Concern grows over
night flights
Concern grows over
night flights
NEWS
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 www.docklands24.co.uk
THE future of the Greenwich Foot Tunnel is
expected to be made clear by the end of the
year.
Greenwich Council has �11.5 million to
spend on refurbishing the facility, which links
Greenwich with the Isle of Dogs, and its
Woolwich equivalent.
The process is underway to appoint a con-
tractor to carry out the work, which is likely
to lead to the tunnels closing at some point
next year.
A report will be presented to councillors in
the next few weeks outlining a work pro-
gramme for refurbishing the foot tunnels and
replacing the lifts.
There have been fears the tunnels, which are
used by 1.5 million people every year, could
close for up to nine months. The council has
promised it will give three months' notice
ahead of any possible closure.
Whoever gets the contract will be asked to
keep the tunnels open as much as possible,
with little in the way of contingencies for the
hundreds of cyclists who come through every
day and can't use the DLR to cross the
Thames.
A
NTI-AIRPORT cam-
paigners say they are
pleased to have opened
the debate on night flying dur-
ing the Olympics.
Aviation authorities claim there is no
decision yet on whether the likes of
London City and Heathrow will be
allowed to extend their hours during
the 2012 games.
Thousands of extra people will be
coming to London that summer � with
London City's proximity to the
Olympic Stadium raising concerns it
could mean night flights are on the
cards.
And campaign group HACAN claims
to have seen plans from the Civil
Aviation Authority (CAA) to remove
controls on London's airports.
"It will be bad enough that
Londoners are bombarded by aircraft
noise day and night during the
Olympics," said group chairman John
Stewart.
"It will be even worse if some of
these new measures stay in place to
provide extra capacity forever and a
day. We're pleased the debate is now in
the public domain."
Currently there are strict limits on the
operating hours of London City, with
operations restricted to 6.30am to
10pm Monday to Friday, 6.30am to
12pm on Saturday and 12.30pm to
10pm on Sunday.
Any attempt to extend those hours �
even just for the Olympic Games �
may anger residents who campaigned
against the recent 50 per cent increase
in flight movements.
The CAA told The Docklands talks
are still at an early stage about how to
cope with the extra demand the
Olympics will bring.
A spokesman added: "We are devel-
oping a number of options to help safe-
ly meet that capacity demand. This is
similar to work undertaken by every
other nation hosting such a major
event."
TRANSPORT bosses have con-
firmed there will be no mess-
ing about on the river.
Oyster cards are set to be
accepted on Thames Clipper
services this month as prom-
ised.
The November deadline was
pledged earlier this year when
London Mayor Boris Johnson
confirmed river journeys
would be `Oysterised'.
An official announcement
from TfL is expected shortly
but The Docklands under-
stands the move will definitely
happen this month.
Pre-paid Oyster card holders
will receive a third off, mean-
ing a single journey will cost
around �3.35.
The Thames Clipper runs a
10-minute shuttle service dur-
ing morning and evening rush
hours and is used by hundreds
of people commuting from
Docklands to central London.
Concern grows over
night flights
Decision time
for foot tunnel
Thames will
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By JOHN HYDE
john.hyde@archant.co.uk
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