The Latest Breaking News from Blackwall Tunnel

Huge fire shuts Blackwall tunnel as dramatic video shows smoke billowing into sky

Firefighters remain at the scene this morning and road closures are still in place

Evening Standard · Nov 5, 2025

Revealed: 500,000 penalty tickets for drivers who failed to pay Silvertown and Blackwall tunnel tolls

About 100,000 fines a month - each with a face value of £180 - have been issued since Sadiq Khan introduced the road charges in April

Evening Standard · Oct 20, 2025

Top Tory Susan Hall blasts TfL's 'confusing' system after getting £180 Blackwall tunnel fine

Sadiq Khan’s mayoral rival insists: ‘There is no way I wouldn’t want to pay’

Evening Standard · Sep 3, 2025

Sadiq Khan urged to scrap Silvertown and Blackwall Tunnel tolls as 37,000 sign petition

With more than 37,000 signatures, the petition is said to be the largest ever formally received by the London Assembly

Evening Standard · Dec 6, 2024

Blackwall Tunnel part-closure this weekend announced by TFL

Motorists can expect ‘long delays’ to journeys because of the tunnel closure

Evening Standard · Nov 15, 2024

Two more weekends of Blackwall Tunnel closures loom as work continues on Silvertown Tunnel

Drivers are urged to plan their journey with alternative routes expected to be ‘extremely busy’

Evening Standard · Aug 15, 2024

Blackwall Tunnel closure: Drivers warned of heavy traffic on alternative routes during May and June roadworks

The Blackwall Tunnel will be shut the weekends of May 18-20, June 8-10 and June 29-July 1

Evening Standard · May 8, 2024

Blackwall tunnel to close to southbound traffic for five weekends

The Blackwall tunnel will be part-closed for up to five weekends in January and February, drivers were warned on Friday.

Evening Standard · Jan 5, 2024

Blackwall Tunnel closure: When is it closing and what are the alternative routes?

Motorists can expect to pay more than £10 a day in tolls

Evening Standard · Oct 11, 2023

Driver anger as Blackwall Tunnel users face toll on top of Ulez charges

Motorists angry about Ulez charges hit out at mayor over plans for toll charge

The Independent UK · Aug 16, 2023