Death of Man Found in River Crayford Deemed Not Suspicious
The death of a man whose body was found in a river in Crayford is being treated as not suspicious.
The discovery was made by police in the River Cray near Crayford Way just before 10.45am on March 3.
Police have said that the man was in his 60s and that his family have been informed of his death.
His death is now being treated as not suspicious by police and a file is being prepared for the coroner.
A spokesperson for Metropolitan Police said: “We were called at 10:44hrs on Sunday, 3 March to reports that a body had been found in the River Cray, near to Crayford Way in Crayford.
“Officers responded along with the Met’s Marine Policing Unit.
“The body of a man in his 60s was recovered from the water.
“The man’s next of kin have been informed.
“The death is not being treated as suspicious and a file will be prepared for the coroner.”
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called at 10.54am on Sunday 3 March to reports of a person in the water at Crayford Way, Crayford.
“We sent a paramedic in a fast response car and an incident response officer to the scene.
“Very sadly, a person was pronounced dead at the scene.”
Planned Blackwall Tunnel Closures for Southbound Traffic Announced for March and April
The Blackwall Tunnel will be closed to southbound traffic across certain weekends in March and April.
From Saturday, March 16 to Monday, March 18, and from Saturday, April 13 to Monday, April 15, the Blackwall Tunnel southbound will be closed to help support carriageway works on the northbound Blackwall Tunnel approach.
The works, which are required to implement the road configuration for the new Silvertown Tunnel which will open in 2025, will see new over-height vehicle gantries installed, as well as resurfacing works as part of the final road configuration.
The three planned weekend closures will start at 12.01am on the Saturday morning and will be reopened by 5am on the Monday morning at the latest.
The Silvertown Tunnel will provide a public transport-focused river crossing with zero-emission bus links across the Thames.
Once open in 2025, the crossing, which is within the Ultra-Low Emission Zone and will be subject to a user charge, will also reduce congestion and improve the reliability and resilience of the Blackwall Tunnel, which will improve overall air quality in the local area.
Across the weekends, the Blackwall Tunnel will be closed for southbound traffic and drivers will need to take alternative routes.
Northbound traffic will not be affected by these closures as traffic will be diverted through the southbound Blackwall Tunnel.
However, there will be no access to Tunnel Avenue from the A102 at Pear Island across the weekend of 16-18 March due to the works.
The northbound on-slip on Blackwall Lane will also be closed and a signed diversion via the Woolwich Flyover roundabout will be in place.
Drivers are advised to plan their routes in advance, checking before they travel so they can consider any other potential traffic impacts or restrictions, such as the height and weight limits at Rotherhithe Tunnel and Tower Bridge, both of which are outside the Congestion Charge zone.
Traffic around Rotherhithe Tunnel and along the A13 Commercial Road are expected to be heavier than normal over the weekends due to the closures.
The route 108, the only bus route that operates through the Blackwall Tunnel, will be split in two, operating between both Lewisham and North Greenwich and between Canning Town and Stratford.
Customers are advised to then change onto the Jubilee line to cross the river to complete their journeys.
TfL will also ensure that customers of the route 108 who then use the Jubilee line as part of their journey over the weekend will avoid being charged for the Tube section of their journey via an automatic refund which will be processed after the weekend.
From 12.01am on the Monday mornings of the closure, northbound buses will return to their normal route and southbound buses will be diverted via Tower Bridge until the tunnel is re-opened to southbound traffic.
Work on delivering the new Silvertown Tunnel, which will open in 2025, continues to progress. Both of the 1.1km tunnels have now been fully tunnelled and the ‘cut and cover’ sections are now in advanced stages of being covered.
Throughout 2024 work will continue to install the safety critical systems within the tunnel, as well as complete work on the tunnel portals.
Work is also progressing on the new road layout around Tidal Basin Roundabout in Newham, including new walking and cycling paths to make it easier for people accessing the Royal Docks via the Lower Lea Crossing.
From 12.01am on the Monday mornings of the closure, northbound buses will return to their normal route and southbound buses will be diverted via Tower Bridge until the tunnel is re-opened to southbound traffic.
Both of the 1.1km tunnels on the Silvertown Tunnel have now been fully tunnelled and the ‘cut and cover’ sections are now in advanced stages of being covered.
Throughout 2024 work will continue to install the safety critical systems within the tunnel, as well as complete work on the tunnel portals.
Carl Eddleston, director of network management and resilience at TfL said: “We appreciate that these planned weekend works will have an impact on some drivers and are doing everything in our power to limit potential disruption and complete these essential works as quickly as possible, including ensuring a northbound route through the Blackwall Tunnel is maintained throughout.
“Work is also progressing on the new road layout around Tidal Basin Roundabout in Newham, including new walking and cycling paths to make it easier for people accessing the Royal Docks via the Lower Lea Crossing.
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