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Project information paper
Phase two consultation
During our phase two consultation
(4 November 2011 10 February2012) we asked or your views onour
preerred sites and preerredmain tunnel route.
Over the 14 week period we held57 exhibitions at over 20
locationsalong the route o the proposedtunnel. Over 2,000 people
attendedthese sessions and there wereover 70,000 hits on our
website.In addition to this, we held 48public meetings. In total we
receivedover 6,000 responses twice theamount we received during
ourfrst phase o consultation.
You can fnd details o the eedbackwe received and our response
toall comments in our Report on
phase two consultation, which isavailable on our website:
Statement o communityconsultation and thePlanning Act 2008
We expect the project to bedesignated as a NationallySignifcant
Inrastructure Project,which would all under the remito the Planning
Inspectorate.We have thereore been ollowingthe requirements or
pre-applicationconsultation as set out in thePlanning Act 2008.
In our Statement of communityconsultation, we recognised thatwe
might need to amend our projectin the light o comments
receivedduring phase two consultation.We made a commitment to
considerwhether any changes we proposedwould aect the nature o
thecomments received during thisperiod o ormal consultation
andwhere appropriate to undertake
targeted consultation.
Targeted consultationFollowing our second phase o public
consultationwe are considering some changes to our plans or
theproposed Thames Tunnel project.
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Targeted consultation
As a result o the eedbackwe received during phase
twoconsultation, we are consideringchanges to some o the
proposalsor certain sites. We are nowconsulting on these changesand
are seeking peoples views.As with our frst two phases opublic
consultation, we have madeinormation about these changes
available on our website, at relevantlibraries and town halls,
and atlocal exhibitions. The targetedconsultation will last or 28
days.
In addition to changes at thesites mentioned we have madesome
modifcations to theproposed tunnel alignmentand site boundaries. We
havewritten to those who arepotentially aected notiyingthem o these
changes andinorming them o this consultation.
To help you understand ouramended proposals we havedeveloped the
ollowing material:
A supplementary siteinormation paper or the oursites. These
papers ocus on thechanges that have been made
to the inormation we presentedat phase two consultation.
An updated Book of plansassociated with these our sites.
A series of maps showing theproposed changes in site andtunnel
limits to the inormationpresented at phase twoconsultation.
Addendums to the relevantPreliminary environmentalinformation
report chapters.
Next stepsAny urther comments we receive asa result o this
targeted consultationwill be taken into account as weprepare our
Development ConsentOrder (DCO) application.
We will publish our drat applicationoutlining the route and
sites we intendto include in our DCO application insummer 2012. At
that time we willpublicise our proposals or at leastsix weeks.
We expect to submit our DCOapplication to the
PlanningInspectorate in early 2013.
Construction o the project isexpected to begin in 2016 andtake
six to seven years to complete.
About the changes
Barn Elms a change tothe access road. We are nowproposing to
access the siterom Queen Elizabeth Walk.
Putney EmbankmentForeshore we are proposingto modiy the location
andlayout o the temporary worksand our permanent design.
Albert EmbankmentForeshore a proposedalternative to the
accessroad proposed at phase twoconsultation. Were
consideringaccessing the site via atemporary road betweenTintagel
House andCamelord House.
Victoria Embankment
Foreshore a new designor the permanent workswhich takes into
accountthe need to preserve thedesign o the existingGrade II listed
embankmentby Sir Joseph Bazelgette.
You can fnd more detail aboutthe proposed changes at thesesites
and proposed changes
to tunnel alignments and siteboundaries on our website.
For urther inormation see our website:
www.thamestunnelconsultation.co.ukor call us on 0800 0721
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