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• Reference: 2020/1068
• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 19 March 2020

Newham has the worst air quality in the UK - and some of the poorest communities in London. The Silvertown Tunnel will make already polluted air worse for thousands of Newham residents. How can you justify imposing this scheme on them, without their consent - and then making them pay for it through a new toll to cross the river?

• Reference: 2020/1069
• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 19 March 2020

The Silvertown Tunnel will cost a billion pounds, raised from tolling Blackwall and Silvertown. Have you and TfL ever sat down and worked out what you could achieve, in terms of greenhouse gas emissions reduction, and air quality improvements, if you tolled the Blackwall Tunnel enough to remove congestion, and invested the money in cycling, walking and public transport instead?

• Reference: 2020/1070
• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 19 March 2020

The Centre for London, in their recent report on Building for a New Urban Mobility claims that: "Sadiq Khan set an objective to increase the share of public transport, walking & cycling from 65% today to 80% in 2041. Based on the rate of progress in the last 5 years, our forecast indicates that London will only reach the 80 per cent target in 2070." Clearly with your new 2030 carbon neutrality target you're going to have to move even faster to reduce driving and increase that share for walking, cycling, and public transport. What new policies are you going...

• Reference: 2020/1071
• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 19 March 2020

In a letter to the Stop the Silvertown Tunnel Coalition, you wrote: "I am committed to reducing car dominance, improving air quality and addressing climate change. The current situation at the Blackwall Tunnel cannot continue, as it fundamentally undermines these goals." Why do you think the solution is a project that increases motor traffic capacity in that part of London, makes air quality worse for thousands of local residents, and increases CO2 emissions?

• Reference: 2020/1072
• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 19 March 2020

You claim that the Silvertown Tunnel scheme leads to an improvement in overall air quality. However your carbon and energy statement shows an increase of 0.4% in CO2 emissions across all of Greater London with the tunnel built, over doing nothing, Presumably this increase is a result of increased fuel burn. How does more fuel burnt produce better air, overall?

• Reference: 2020/1073
• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 19 March 2020

You claim an overall improvement in air quality after Silvertown, even though air gets worse in many places. Have you looked at the interaction of this new pollution distribution with population distribution, to understand whether Silvertown will lead to better or worse health outcomes?

• Reference: 2020/1074
• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 19 March 2020

Lambeth has completed its consultation on its side of the joint Lambeth/Southwark Healthy Streets Cycling Scheme, whilst Southwark’s consultation is ongoing. What consideration was given to TfL holding a single consultation to cover the whole scheme?

• Reference: 2020/1075
• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 19 March 2020

Does the Mayor recognise the inherent problem of holding two consultations on the Lambeth/Southwark Healthy Streets Cycling Scheme as if the schemes are separate, given that the schemes are intrinsically linked and will have a collective massive impact across the wider community that straddles both boroughs?

• Reference: 2020/1076
• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 19 March 2020

Will the Mayor intervene to put the ongoing Southwark consultation on hold and ensure that work such as air quality impact assessment studies, traffic modelling including bus journey time impacts and an Equalities Impact Assessment are completed across the wider area?

• Reference: 2020/1077
• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 19 March 2020

Once an impact assessment on the whole Lambeth/Southwark Healthy Streets Cycling Scheme is complete, will the Mayor commit to carrying out a cross-borough consultation on the whole scheme?