New Thames Crossing East of Gravesend

[lazybloke]

Tunnel services. eg drainage

 

[Drago]

A fun game - when in the Dartford Tunnel, squirt your windscreen washers full on and shout, "oh my God, it's leaking!"

 

[pjd57]

Scotland is several regions for Government accounting purposes, the same way England encompasses multiple regions. Trying to play games with semantics won't make Westminster go away.

It will implode shortly.

 

[Drago]

Yeah, right. That's what they said in 2014 and it failed to materialise. Let's stick to tunnels, shall we? We can leave the politics to the lying and the incompetent self servers, both North and South of Hadrians Wall.

 

[pjd57]

Yeah, right. That's what they said in 2014 and it failed to materialise. Let's stick to tunnels, shall we?

No

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Mod note:

Please stay on topic (within reason as it's in Chat) - the thread is already generating reports for wandering into areas best discussed in NACA.

Thanks in advance.

 

[sheddy]

another crossing http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2018/10/03/boris-to-float-canada-bridge-idea/

 

[Brains]

..... and back to tunnels.

AFAIK the only underwater road tunnel to accept cyclists in London is Rotherhythe.
"hard" cyclists use it on a daily basis, built by Brunel for the horse and carriage traffic, so the slopes are not too steep.
It's bi-directional and not much winder than a Cornish Lane, and will take a 7 tonne lorry and single deck buses
It's about half a mile long with several twists and turns, you either need the ability to hold your breath for 4 minutes or take your own oxygen

 

[ianrauk]

..... and back to tunnels.

AFAIK the only underwater road tunnel to accept cyclists in London is Rotherhythe.
"hard" cyclists use it on a daily basis, built by Brunel for the horse and carriage traffic, so the slopes are not too steep.
It's bi-directional and not much winder than a Cornish Lane, and will take a 7 tonne lorry and single deck buses
It's about half a mile long with several twists and turns, you either need the ability to hold your breath for 4 minutes or take your own oxygen

The FNR's have done the tunnel a few times. After midnight so not a lot of traffic. Even then you come out of the tunnel tasting fumes.

 

[MikeG]

........Kent-Essex fraternisation..........

You what? Are you mad?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

..... and back to tunnels.

AFAIK the only underwater road tunnel to accept cyclists in London is Rotherhythe.
"hard" cyclists use it on a daily basis, built by Brunel for the horse and carriage traffic, so the slopes are not too steep.
It's bi-directional and not much winder than a Cornish Lane, and will take a 7 tonne lorry and single deck buses
It's about half a mile long with several twists and turns, you either need the ability to hold your breath for 4 minutes or take your own oxygen

It's now only open to cars but it's still poisonous down there.

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

As tilbury is only ten miles away from me i have often thought of taking the ferry to gravesend but i'm not sure where to go once i am in gravesend?.Are there some nice scenic places nearby?

 

[mjr]

As tilbury is only ten miles away from me i have often thought of taking the ferry to gravesend but i'm not sure where to go once i am in gravesend?.Are there some nice scenic places nearby?

Dover port and the Eurotunnel Bike Service departure point are both about 60 miles away from Gravesend for all your continental cycle tour departure needs?

 

[Fab Foodie]

As it's going to be a tunnel then either: Cycling/walking will be banned (most probably), or it will be so utterly horrible that no one in their right mind will cycle/walk there.

So the only hope for continued Kent-Essex fraternisation is that either the Gravesend ferry survives, or they introduce a shuttle thing like at the Dartford crossing.

Is Kent Essex fraternisation a desirable thing? Another crossing will only facilitate mass migration into Kent...

 

[Dogtrousers]

Govt have kicked the can a bit further down the road. Decision deferred to May 2025

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2mgm0481vo