Thames Gateway Bridge
Oh Bloody hell. Is there ever going to be an end to this one way or the other?
Knit Nurse very kindly told me (and now it's just been on the local news) that the government has passed the buck - once again - and been unable to make a decision about the Thames Gateway Bridge proposal. So. More delay, expense and uncertainty while we fork out for yet another inquiry.
This way no one's a winner (well - I guess the guys doing the inquiry make a few bob.) Friends of the Earth don't get the decision they wanted (to ditch the scheme) TfL doesn't get the decision it wanted (to go ahead with the scheme,) and the rest of us certainly don't get the decision we wanted (which was basically just to have a decision so we could take it from there.)
It's a political hot-potato and the government don't want to be the ones holding the steaming spud when the music stops, as they were when the Dome was first mooted. But this can't just go on and on, surely? To have years and years of indecision helps no one - not Friends of the Earth who can't be sure they are ever going to win, not the people in Thamesmead and around who are desperate for investment. And those Blackwall Tunnel queues we're suffering on a daily basis are here to stay while Central Government sits on the fence.
If you want the depressing detail, you can find it here. But don't expect to enjoy it...
http://www.communities.gov.uk/index.asp?id=1512063
Knit Nurse very kindly told me (and now it's just been on the local news) that the government has passed the buck - once again - and been unable to make a decision about the Thames Gateway Bridge proposal. So. More delay, expense and uncertainty while we fork out for yet another inquiry.
This way no one's a winner (well - I guess the guys doing the inquiry make a few bob.) Friends of the Earth don't get the decision they wanted (to ditch the scheme) TfL doesn't get the decision it wanted (to go ahead with the scheme,) and the rest of us certainly don't get the decision we wanted (which was basically just to have a decision so we could take it from there.)
It's a political hot-potato and the government don't want to be the ones holding the steaming spud when the music stops, as they were when the Dome was first mooted. But this can't just go on and on, surely? To have years and years of indecision helps no one - not Friends of the Earth who can't be sure they are ever going to win, not the people in Thamesmead and around who are desperate for investment. And those Blackwall Tunnel queues we're suffering on a daily basis are here to stay while Central Government sits on the fence.
If you want the depressing detail, you can find it here. But don't expect to enjoy it...
http://www.communities.gov.uk/index.asp?id=1512063
Labels: Debates
posted by The Greenwich Phantom at
13:52
1 Comments:
Great news for the Blackwall Tunnel!
But seriously, and exactly as you say, a decision one way or the other is what is needed. The orginal bridge scheme and extension to the A2 failed, the current scheme is failing. Maybe the alternatives such as the third crossing at Blackwall or Silvertown crossing will come to the fore now.
Thamesmead is still floundering and isolated. It needs a decision one way or the other, and can then move on. It did not get the Jubilee Line, it does not look like it will get the bridge, and the "Greenwich Waterfront Transit" is now nothing more than a bus lane, and even that is still in the planning phase after 10 years.
On the upside, Thamesmead does get a nice extension being planned to Belmarsh and the promise of bigger planes and more frequent flights in and out of City Airport - A mere mile away, as the crows or planes fly, a minimum of 40 minutes away by road.
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