Staggering cost of crossing Britain’s newest tunnel revealed with millions of drivers forced to pay up to £20 every DAY

MILLIONS of drivers volition request to fork retired to usage the nation's newest passageway - with immoderate facing charges of up to £20 a time to transverse done it.

The Silvertown Tunnel volition finally unfastened connected April 7, 2024, but drivers volition person to commencement paying to usage from time one.

The Silvertown Tunnel has been nether operation successful London for implicit 10 years and volition link Greenwich Peninsula to Newham.

It is hoped that this volition easiness congestion connected the neighbouring Blackwall Tunnel. 

However, Transport For London (TFL) person confirmed that the caller passageway volition not beryllium escaped to use. 

They added that a caller complaint is besides being introduced for drivers using the Blackwall Tunnel.

Although immoderate radical whitethorn suffice for a discount oregon exemption, astir drivers volition wage a minimum of £1.50 to usage each tunnel. 

This outgo rises and falls depending connected the value of your vehicle. 

For example, motorbikes volition person to wage £2.50 astatine highest times wherever HGVs volition person to wage £10 astatine highest times. 

Drivers volition person to wage each clip they usage the tunnel, which means they could beryllium charged respective times a day. 

Failure to wage the complaint volition effect successful a Penalty Charge Notice, worthy up to £180. 

That good volition beryllium reduced to £90, if it is paid wrong 2 weeks. 

TFL person advised drivers to usage their Auto Pay service, which volition let drivers to beryllium charged automatically alternatively of needing to log onto the website. 

Although the passageway volition beryllium unfastened 24 hours a day, drivers volition lone request to wage betwixt 6am and 10pm.

TFl person said that the outgo is designed to bounds congestion and to enactment the travel of traffic. 

A 50% discount volition beryllium offered to drivers who assertion benefits including Universal Credit, Carer’s Allowance and Income Support surviving successful Barking & Dagenham, Bexley, Bromley, City of London, Greenwich, Hackney, Lewisham, Newham, Redbridge, Southwark, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest.

A afloat exemption volition beryllium offered to Wheelchair-accessible backstage prosecute vehicles and Blue Badge holders who are already registered for the ULEZ discount. 

Several tiny businesses, sole traders and charities registered successful Newham, Greenwich oregon Tower Hamlets are eligible for a £1 discount. 

Also, escaped wage arsenic you spell fares volition beryllium offered to section residents, who question betwixt either Cutty Sark & Island Gardens oregon Woolwich Arsenal & King George V connected the DLR.

Those residents volition besides person escaped wage arsenic you spell fares connected the caller Superloop SL4 and way 129, which volition spell done the Silvertown Tunnel, and way 108 done the Blackwall Tunnel.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan antecedently said Silvertown Tunnel volition ‘ease congestion for drivers, trim travel times and assistance negociate aerial pollution.’