Fresh Blackwall Tunnel weekend closure announced

The Blackwall Tunnel will no longer be free to use from next year

A further part-closure of the Blackwall Tunnel, which has been partly shut this weekend, has been announced.

The southbound route will now also be closed from 00:01 BST on 6 September until 05:00 on 8 September to complete the road layout around the new Silvertown Tunnel, Transport for London (TfL) says.

The Silvertown Tunnel is due to open in 2025, after which drivers using both tunnels will pay up to £4 at peak times to cross the Thames.

Nick Fairholme, director of capital delivery - systems at TfL, said: "We are now in the final phase of works to complete the Silvertown Tunnel and these closures will help us to start to get the tunnel ready to open."

The crossing - which has already seen a series of weekend closures this year - will remain open northbound, according to TfL.

The Woolwich Ferry, Rotherhithe Tunnel and Tower Bridge are all expected to be busier.

The 108 bus, the only route that operates through the Blackwall Tunnel, will instead run between Lewisham and North Greenwich, and from Canning Town to Stratford.

Passengers who complete their journeys using the Jubilee line will automatically be refunded.

This weekend, the southbound tunnel is set to reopen on Monday at 05:00.