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Using that faux-naif, bumbling yet charming manner of Boris Johnson, the London Mayor has carefully cultivated an air of confusion over his thoughts on a London river crossing.

Since the '70s there have been repeated attempts to take the pressure off the Blackwall Tunnel and other beleaguered links but, so far, they have come to naught.

It closed in dramatic fashion on Sunday, then re-opened two days earlier than expected.

But does the Blackwall Tunnel's short hiatus highlight the need for extra river crossings in the east?

London Mayor Boris Johnson may be considering installing a river crossing at the site of the proposed Thames Gateway Bridge after all.

The mayor dumped long-mooted plans for the bridge between Beckton and Thamesmead a year ago, and re-stated his position last month that it would "bring unacceptable impact in terms of traffic, congestion and pollution to the area".

THE MAYOR’S offer to push on with the Silvertown Crossing is poor consolation for scrapping the Thames Gateway Bridge, according to London Assembly Member John Biggs.

Mr Biggs said that, while he supported a crossing at Silvertown, the Thames Gateway Bridge was still essential.

The London Mayor has shelved plans for a bridge across Docklands due to "consistent local opposition" to the scheme.

Boris Johnson gave the thumbs down to the Thames Gateway Bridge at the unveiling of the Mayor's ten year business plan for Transport for London.

PLANS for a new Thames crossing could resurface with an announcement just weeks away.

John Biggs is the Labour London Assembly member for City and East

For those of you held up on your journey to work because the DLR weekend closure had overrun, it can have been little compensation to know that soon a better and quicker service will arrive.

And I confidently predict that the arrival, in two years’ time, of air-conditioning on parts of the Underground will lead to demands that it be added to the other lines, and the DLR, too.