Petition to the House of Commons

Tower Hamlets Council support the Crossrail project because of its strategic importance to the council. However, there was concern about a number of issues, including the construction impact on local residents, schools and businesses.

In September 2005 we deposited a petition in Parliament which addressed our concerns about the Hybrid Bill. The promoters produced a petition response document (PRD) in response to our deposited petition and can be found below:

• Crossrail petition: September 2005 (PDF, 252k)
• PRD on Whitechapel Station, Isle of Dogs Station and various proposed shafts: March 2006

Amendments of provisions

Since the deposit of the Bill in February 2005 a number of changes to the project have been identified as a result of discussions with stakeholders and continued project development.

Such changes to the project are made by publishing 'amendments of provisions' (APs), the first group of these were published on 18 January 2006 (AP) and a second group were published on 9 May 2006 (AP2). A third group of amendments of provisions were published on 7 November 2006 (AP3). On 16 May 2007 a fourth group of amendments of provisions was published (AP4), which was specifically on the Woolwich Station.

The council deposited petitions against AP2 and AP3. The promoters’ PRDs to our petition to AP2 and AP3 can be found below:

• AP2 petition: June 2006 (PDF, 40k)
• AP3 petition: December 2006 (Word doc, 55k)
• PRD on AP2: May 2006
• PRD on AP3 January 2007 (PDF, 1.7m)

Letter of assurances on AP4

An addition AP4 was issued in May 2007 and Tower Hamlets did not submit a petition against it.  However a series of assurances were given by Crossrail in June 2007 to address the borough's concerns, in particular of the Isle of Dogs station construction methodology.

•  SES4 – Isle of Dogs Assurances letter (PDF, 412k)

The House of Commons Select Committee subsequently produced the First Special Report of Session 2006-07 setting out its decisions and recommendations.