3. TAKING LORRIES OFF THE ROAD

Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGV) are responsible for 18 per cent of the UK’s road transport emissions. But not everything needs to go by road.

Where possible, Tideway used the River Thames to transport construction materials and excavated waste.

There were three core benefits to using the river instead of road: lower greenhouse gas emissions, reduced traffic congestion and fewer road traffic injuries and fatalities.

£16 million

Hgv Reduction

Building Tideway was expected to require road transports of 43,436,469 km by heavy goods vehicle (HGV). By prioritising the Thames, we cut this to 12,383,298 km – a reduction of 71.5 per cent.

43.4 million km

12.3 million km