In brief: Silvertown Tunnel promises clean air, Birmingham New Street fails

Silvertown Tunnel will not worsen air pollution, says TfL

The Silvertown Tunnel Scheme – a proposed new road tunnel under the Thames that would connect the Greenwich Peninsula and West Silvertown – “would not lead to a significant impact on air quality [and]... would not impact on the ability of the Greater London Urban Area to achieve compliance with the Air Quality Directive”, according to a report from Transport for London. The report, prepared at the request of the Department for Transport using the latest DEFRA emissions factor toolkit (EFTv8), reached the same conclusions as a previous assessment published in December 2016.