Greenwich Waterfront Transit
Greenwich Waterfront Transit will:
- Deliver cost effective regeneration support
in a national priority and EU Objective 2 area.
- Address social exclusion problems providing
improved transport links to poorly served housing areas.
- Complement the Docklands Light Railwat and link
directly to the Jubilee Line extension.
- Bring significant road traffic reduction and safety benefits on major highways.
A tram-based system is forecast to have high levels of demand,
attracting 16 million passengers per year.
It is relatively easy to deliver Phase One
- GWT is a small, low risk easy starter scheme, which is easily extendable
and is the quickest scheme to get operational.
- 98% can be on segregated routes ensuring very high reliability.
- It includes over 6km of off-highway route acquired at no cost to the project.
- Only a few properties require compulsory purchase powers and compensation.
- Low utility relocation cost - £25 million on only 30% of route length.
Attractive to the private sector - less than a qzuarter of the cost to be financed
from the TfL public purse. A 25% local contribution is achievable from developer support.
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Greenwich Waterfront Transit has widespread support
- Greenwich Council is fully committed and has an excellent record of delivery on majot partnership projects.
- GWT has widespread support from all sections of the community and no major objections.
Greenwich Waterfront Transit is a vital contribution to London's prosperity -
London's economic growth and
population must be supported by sustainable, high quality infrastructure development.
See the
London Borough of Greenwich website for the latest GWT info.
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