Drivers will have to fork out the fee if using the Blackwall and newly-built Silvertown tunnel during peak times, it has been confirmed.

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Motorists face new £4 charge confirmed for previously free tunnel

The Mayor of London has been accused of rolling out gimmicks by his opponents

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Sadiq Khan savaged over charging drivers £100m a year to go through two tunnels

Traffic delays are a common sight on approach to the Blackwall Tunnel (Picture: PA)  The new charges for Silvertown and Blackwall Tunnels have been confirmed by Transport for London.  TfL’s board rubberstamped the charges for the two tunnels connecting Greenwich with Poplar and the Victoria Docks in east London.  It comes after the transport authority ran a public consultation on the controversial charges for both tunnels – and they have now bee…

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Major London tunnel to start charging drivers for the first time in 130 years

Massive repayment costs for £2billion Silvertown tunnel will eat up almost all the revenue raised from tolls

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Silvertown and Blackwall tunnel tolls will cost drivers £100million a year

The petition gained thousands of signatures from angry drivers who opposed the charges

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Reform UK slaps Sadiq Khan with 'largest-ever petition' opposing Blackwall Tunnel charges - 'Hurt families'

The toll of up to £4 - with discounts for local residents and small businesses - was announced by TfL last week

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Petition against Blackwall and Silvertown Tunnel £4 toll presented

TfL plans to bring in charges of up to £4 per journey through the soon-to-open Silvertown Tunnel and neighbouring Blackwall Tunnel

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Petition against Thames tunnel tolls 'biggest ever' presented to London Assembly

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A petition with more than 37,000 signatures calling for the scrapping of the proposed tolls on the Blackwall and Silvertown tunnels has been presented at City Hall.

Motorists face new £4 charge confirmed for previously free tunnel

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