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Transport for London (TfL) should appoint independent experts more regularly to ensure competitive tendering for its contracts, a report has warned. The
London mayor Sadiq Khan has doubled-down on the “urgent need” for the Silvertown Tunnel after Labour MPs voted for it to be cancelled. At the London Labour Conference this weekend a motion against the Silvertown Tunnel was carried after 74% of London’s Labour MPs, London Assembly members and councillors backed it. The motion calls for Khan to cancel the project on environmental grounds. It adds: “If Labour are truly committed to clean air and tackling climate change there is no justification for the tunnel.” However, a spokesperson for the mayor stressed that there was an urgent nee...
TfL has confirmed that a deal has been reached however the transport operator would not confirm the amount. According to The Telegraph, TfL has agreed to
Sadiq Khan costs taxpayers £10m in row over Thames tunnel contract Transport for London settles after accusations of botched procurement process for Silvertown Tunnel 28 May 2021 • 6:11pm Sadiq Khan has been forced to pay more than £10m of taxpayer cash to a consortium of builders to settle a long-running row over a flagship road tunnel under the Thames. Transport for London - chaired by Mr Khan, the city's mayor - has struck a deal with the Silver Thames Connect group following accusations of a botched procurement process for the Silvertown Tunnel in east London. Sources said that TfL ...
The spend represents a £50M increase in TfL spending on the project in the three months since the last Committee meeting took place in February. A TfL