In Parliament—Session 2005-06

CROSSRAIL BILL

NOTICE OF FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION

On 22 February 2005 the Secretary of State for Transport introduced the Crossrail Bill in Parliament which provides for a new cross London rail link (to be constructed by an undertaker to be nominated by order made by the Secretary of State) by way of new railways and improvement of existing railways in existing railway corridors from Maidenhead and Heathrow to Paddington, continuing in new twin tunnels under central London and diverging as two branches, one surfacing at Custom House then passing under the River Thames at Woolwich in twin tunnels and then continuing on the existing North Kent Line to Abbey Wood. The other branch would surface at Pudding Mill Lane near Stratford and continue on the existing railway corridor to Shenfield. Further information is available in relation to the environmental statement which was deposited with the Bill. As from 27 May 2005 a copy of that information, comprising further details on construction timetable and strategy; noise insulation; climate change; impacts relating to health; Hanbury Street; Bow Midland Yard West; and Romford depot and station transport assessment, may be inspected, free of charge, at each of the offices and libraries mentioned in the Schedule below and for sale at those offices marked thus and for inspection and sale at the offices of Cross London Rail Links Limited at 50 Broadway, London SW1H 0RG. As from 27 May 2005 the documents will be available on Cross London Rail Links’ website at www.crossrail.co.uk and on the Department for Transport’s website at www.dft.gov.uk. Any comments about the further environmental information should be sent to the Secretary of State c/o Tim Neate, Consultation Manager, Department for Transport, Major Projects Division 3, Zone 2/08, 76 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DR (e-mail: crossrail@dft.gsi.gov.uk) on or before 8 July 2005. Comments on the further environmental information will be presented to Parliament and published. Submitting comments to the Secretary of State does not affect the entitlement of a person to make objections to the Bill by depositing a petition in Parliament in accordance with any Order made by either House of Parliament in due course. That Order will set out timescales for the process. NOTICE OF EXTENSION OF COMMENT PERIOD ON MAIN ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT The Secretary of State for Transport also invited comments on the main Environmental Statement (ES) for Crossrail when it was published in February. That comment period closed on 17 May 2005, and a substantial number of submissions have been received. Given that Second Reading of the Bill is not expected to take place until after the Whitsun Recess, the Secretary of State has decided to extend the period for comment by three weeks, to 10 June 2005, to give people a further opportunity to offer views on the ES. Comments on the main ES should be sent to the same address as given above. All comments received will be presented to Parliament and published. A copy of the ES and Non-Technical Summary are available for inspection at the locations mentioned in the Schedule. Electronic copies of these documents (together with supporting specialist reports) are also available on the Department for Transport’s website and Cross London Rail Links’ (CLRL) website as detailed above. Department for Transport, 76 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DR Winckworth Sherwood, 35 Great Peter Street, London SW1P 3LR, Parliamentary Agents. Schedule Part I Persons with whom the documents have been deposited for sale and/or inspection In Greater London— Chief Executive, Greater London Authority, City Hall, The Queen’s Walk, London SE1 2AA; Managing Director, London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, Town Hall, King Street, London W6 9JU; Town Clerk and Chief Executive, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Town Hall, Hornton Street, London W8 7NX; Director of Planning and City Development, City of Westminster, City Hall, 64 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6QP; Borough Solicitor, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE; Director of Law and Public Services, London Borough of Islington, Town Hall, Upper Street, London N1 2UD; Town Clerk, Corporation of London, Guildhall, Gresham Street, London EC2P 2EJ; Chief Executive, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Town Hall, Mulberry Place, 5 Clove Crescent, London E14 2BG; Chief Executive, London Borough of Newham, Town Hall, Barking Road, East Ham, London E6 2RP; Director of Strategic Planning, London Borough of Greenwich, Peggy Middleton House, 50 Woolwich New Road, London SE18 6HQ; Chief Executive, London Borough of Bexley, Bexley Civic Offices, Broadway, Bexleyheath DA6 7LB; London Borough of Bexley, Wynchham House, 207 Longlands Road, Sidcup DA15 7JH; Chief Executive, London Borough of Redbridge, Town Hall, High Road, Ilford IG1 1DD; London Borough of Redbridge, First Stop Shop, Lynton House, 255-259 High Road, Ilford IG1 1NY; Chief Executive, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, Civic Centre, Wood Lane, Dagenham RM10 7BN; Team Leader, Transportation Planning, Housing and Regeneration Directorate, London Borough of Havering, 9th floor, Mercury House, Mercury Gardens, Romford RM1 3SL; Chief Executive, London Borough of Hillingdon, Hillingdon Civic Centre, Uxbridge UB8 1UW; Chief Executive, London Borough of Ealing, 5th floor, Perceval House, 14-16 Uxbridge Road, London W5 2HL; In Essex— Chief Executive, Essex County Council, County Hall, Chelmsford CM1 1LX; Chief Planning Officer, Brentwood Borough Council, Town Hall, Ingrave Road, Brentwood CM15 8AY; Managing Director, Basildon District Council, The Basildon Centre, St Martin’s Square, Basildon SS14 1DL; In Berkshire— Chief Executive, The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead, Town Hall, St Ives Road, Maidenhead SL6 1RF; Head of Planning & Strategic Policy, Slough Borough Council, 5th Floor, Wellington House, 20 Queensmere, High Street, Slough SL1 1FB; In Buckinghamshire— Senior Transport Officer, Buckinghamshire County Council, County Hall, Walton Street, Aylesbury HP20 1UY; Chief Executive, South Bucks District Council, Council Offices, Capswood, Oxford Road, Denham UB9 4LH; Parish Clerk, Parish of Taplow, Taplow Village Centre, High Street, Taplow, Maidenhead SL6 0EX; Parish Clerk, Parish of Burnham, Burnham Park Hall, Windsor Lane, Burnham SL1 7HR; Parish Clerk, Parish of Iver, 45 b High Street, Iver SL0 9ND. PART II Libraries where the documents have been deposited for public inspection. Ealing Central Library, 103 Ealing Broadway Shopping Centre, The Broadway, London W5 5JY; Acton Library, High Street, London W3 6NA; Hanwell Library, Cherington Road, London W7 3HL; Southall Library, Osterley Park Road, Southall UB2 4BL; West Ealing Library, Melbourne Avenue, London W13 9BA; Uxbridge Central Library, High Street, Uxbridge UB8 1HD; Slough Library, High Street, Slough SL1 1EA; Langley Library, Trelawney Avenue, Slough SL3 7UF; Burnham Library, Windsor Lane, Burnham, Slough SL1 7HR; Maidenhead Library, St Ives Road, Maidenhead SL6 1QU; Stratford Library, 3 The Grove, London E15 1EL; Custom House Library, Prince Regent Lane, London E16 3JJ; Manor Park Library, Romford Road, London E12 5JY; Ilford Central Library, Clements Road, Ilford IG1 1EA; Goodmayes Library, 76 Goodmayes Lane, Ilford IG3 9QB; Romford Central Lending Library, St Edwards Way, Romford RM1 3AR; Gidea Park Library, Balgores Lane, Romford RM2 6BS; Brentwood Library, New Road, Brentwood CM14 4BP; Shenfield Library, Hutton Road, Shenfield, Brentwood CM15 8NJ; Abbey Wood Library, Eynsham Drive, London SE2 9PT; Woolwich Lending Library, Calderwood Street, London SE18 6QZ; Plumstead Library, Plumstead High Street, London SE18 1JL; Crayford Library, 110 Crayford Road,Crayford DA1 4ER; Upper Belvedere Library, Woolwich Road, Belvedere DA17 5EQ; Swiss Cottage Central Library, 88 Avenue Road, London NW3 3HA; Westminster Reference Library, 35 St Martins Street, London WC2H 7HP; Mayfair Library, 25 South Audley Street, London W1K 2PB; Paddington Library, Porchester Road, London W2 5DU; Kensington Central Library, Hornton Street, London W8 7RX; Hammersmith Central Library, 225 Shepherd’s Bush Road, London W6 7AT; Islington Central Library, 2 Fieldway Crescent, London N5 1PF; Bancroft Central Library, 277 Bancroft Road, London E1 4DQ; Bethnal Green Library, Cambridge Heath Road, London E2 0HL; Idea Store Bow, Gladstone Place, London E3 5ES; City of London Central Library, Bishopsgate Institute, 230 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 4QH; Guildhall Library, Aldermanbury, London EC2P 2EJ; and Barbican Library, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS. 27 May 2005.