CouncilCrossrail
Crossrail is a £10bn initiative run by Transport for London (TfL) and the Department for Transport (DfT) which will provide new rail links between east and west London, with the aim of easing congestion on the Underground and supporting proposed redevelopment in the area.
Latest Crossrail news
Crossrail Context Report - Prepared for London Borough of Tower Hamlets (August 2008)
Tower Hamlets has received the Crossrail Context Report. The Crossrail Act (passed by the parliament in July 2008) now gives certain permission for the proposed works to construct Crossrail, subject to conditions set out in the Act.
This Context Report presents an explanation of that work, and a programme with respect to the making of requests for planning permission and approval of details, and a high level description of highways and traffic related work within Tower Hamlets.
View the full Crossrail Context Report (pdf 7mb)
Crossrail Bill: Amendment of Provisions (AP4) and Supplementary Environmental Statement (SES4) May 2007
An Amendment of Provisions Environmental Statement (AP4) has been published. It contains details on revised proposals for the construction of works and acquisition of lands in the London Boroughs of Newham and Greenwich for the provision of a station at Woolwich and the realignment of running tunnels and associated works between North Woolwich and Plumstead.
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Amendment of Provisions Environmental Statement (AP4)
In addition, a fourth Supplementary Environmental Statement (SES4) has been published and contains details of the assessment of revised arrangements for cofferdams in connection with the construction of a station at the Isle of Dogs, adjacent to Canary Wharf.
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Supplementary Environmental Statement (SES4)
Council Response to AP4 and SES4
The petitioning period finished on Tuesday 12 June 2007and Tower Hamlets did not submit a petition against the AP4 or SES4. However a series of assurances were given by Crossrail on 11 June 2007 to address the borough's concerns.
This letter of assurances for the Isle of Dogs construction methods can be viewed in the following document:
SES4 – Isle of Dogs Assurances letter (PDF 408k)
Recent developments
- Tower Hamlets Negotiations with Crossrail - June 2006 - Outcomes of negotiations on the council’s petition against the Crossrail Bill (pdf 18kb)
- Crossrail Select Committee - House of Commons 7 June 2006 Use this link to access the transcripts of the Select Committee hearing
- Crossrail publishes their Hanbury and Woodseer Street comparison and the Hanbury Street shaft layout option reports. You can access this information on the the following links:
- Crossrail - Hanbury Street Shaft Layout
- Crossrail - Spitalfields Intermediate Shaft - Comparison between Woodseer Street and Hanbury Street
Crossrail Additional Provisions
Additional Provision information on Crossrail website
- Tower Hamlets Petition - 2nd Additional Provisions 13 June 2006. Tower hamlets have submitted a petition to Parliament covering their concerns relating to the Crossrail Ham & Wick Sewer and the Eleanor Street Travellers site proposals. Petition against AP2 (pdf 36kb)
- Crossrail Response to the Tower Hamlets petition. A copy of the response can be accessed through the link below. As the document is large, it has been broken down into sections to aid downloading. Promoter's response to petition 218
Other useful links
- Full text of LBTH statement on crossrail (PDF 15k)
- www.crossrail.co.uk
- Department for Transport Crossrail page
- Transport for London Crossrail page
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Reports to Cabinet and Council committees recommending the petitioning of the Crossrail bill
- Cabinet report recommending agreement in principle to petition against the Crossrail Bill on issues set out in Appendix 2. (PDF 186k)
- Appendix 2 of the above report (PDF 62k)
- Report to full Council recommending petitioning against the Crossrail Bill as set out in the above Cabinet report (PDF 70k)
