^{I have been studying transport matters in this area for nearly sixty years. In recent years I have seen the tide turn against cars and traffic in favour of pedestrians and public transport. There has been the extension of the Docklands Light Railway to Lewisham and a station opened south of the river at North Greenwich on the Jubilee Line. Shortly, the Docklands Light Railway is to be extended to Woolwich and hopefully Crossrail to Abbey Wood.}

^{There is therefore no need for the proposed bridge. It will only create more traffic and pollution and as can be seen from the examples of river crossings at Dartford and Rochester it will do nothing to relieve congestion.}

^{Any money that would have been spent on the bridge would be better employed in funding Crossrail and other Public Transport improvements, which would in themselves, create the anticipated regeneration of the Thames Gateway area.}