New Lower Thames Crossing
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"more than £100M has been spent on ground investigations due to the chalky conditions in that part of the Thames"
It's also worth mentioning that the application is over 45,000 pages long. I can't even imagine the coordination required to put such a thing together and am willing to give HE and their consultants some slack. It's quite likely that, as HE claim, the detail requested is in there but not presented in a way acceptable to PINS.
It's also worth mentioning that the application is over 45,000 pages long. I can't even imagine the coordination required to put such a thing together and am willing to give HE and their consultants some slack. It's quite likely that, as HE claim, the detail requested is in there but not presented in a way acceptable to PINS.
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Perhaps part of the problem is the length of the application? 45,000 pages is absolutely staggeringly large - a symbol of bureaucracy.jackal wrote: ↑Mon Nov 30, 2020 09:32 "more than £100M has been spent on ground investigations due to the chalky conditions in that part of the Thames"
It's also worth mentioning that the application is over 45,000 pages long. I can't even imagine the coordination required to put such a thing together and am willing to give HE and their consultants some slack. It's quite likely that, as HE claim, the detail requested is in there but not presented in a way acceptable to PINS.
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what did you think it would be ? Its not a small project is it ? It has significant planning and detail to go through and they will be wanting to ensure that they have it all covered. 45,000 pages isnt really that much for a project that size. try looking at some of the projects completed recently like hospitals and you would be surprised at just how big the technical literature required is.ABB125 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 30, 2020 13:45Perhaps part of the problem is the length of the application? 45,000 pages is absolutely staggeringly large - a symbol of bureaucracy.jackal wrote: ↑Mon Nov 30, 2020 09:32 "more than £100M has been spent on ground investigations due to the chalky conditions in that part of the Thames"
It's also worth mentioning that the application is over 45,000 pages long. I can't even imagine the coordination required to put such a thing together and am willing to give HE and their consultants some slack. It's quite likely that, as HE claim, the detail requested is in there but not presented in a way acceptable to PINS.
All the differnet related subjects to be be covered, impact on roads around, environmental effects, long term impacts... lot of information to be captured.
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Full Inspectorate reasons here (includes HE response as appendix):
https://infrastructure.planninginspecto ... eeting.pdf
Write up here:
https://www.highwaysmagazine.co.uk/Lowe ... ealed/8714
From a quick skim it seems pretty pedantic stuff. As HE note the Inspectorate demanded various documents and processes that there is no legal or regulatory requirement for, and which many successful applications have not provided. Perhaps most concerning are the moving goalposts, e.g.:
"Where's your environmental plan for the new jetty?"
"Er, we aren't proposing to build a new jetty"
"Okay, where's your environmental plan for using the existing one"
"Seriously?!"
https://infrastructure.planninginspecto ... eeting.pdf
Write up here:
https://www.highwaysmagazine.co.uk/Lowe ... ealed/8714
From a quick skim it seems pretty pedantic stuff. As HE note the Inspectorate demanded various documents and processes that there is no legal or regulatory requirement for, and which many successful applications have not provided. Perhaps most concerning are the moving goalposts, e.g.:
"Where's your environmental plan for the new jetty?"
"Er, we aren't proposing to build a new jetty"
"Okay, where's your environmental plan for using the existing one"
"Seriously?!"
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I also note on the letter back from HE's lawyers Pitmans, it refers to the A122 Lower Thames Crossing. Is this a hint of road number, or just a project reference?
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Oh, that's a very good spot! A122 is a defunct number so it's available for use - it would be quite a coincidence if some project or correspondence reference number happened to also be a defunct road number that would be suitable for this road.
(Personally I still prefer A150, which is also defunct and is a better number.)
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From the SABRE Wiki: A122 :
- The Original A122 between Epping - Chelmsford
- The A122 Lower Thames Crossing
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It starts with a 1 so it's in zone, it has some 2s in it because it connects the A2/M2 and M25... Leaving aside the motorway issue, HE have actually come up with a good number here. A150 might be slightly more memorable but it has nothing much to do with the A2/M2, so is better saved for something else IMO.
More credit where it's due:
More credit where it's due:
frediculous_biggs wrote: ↑Fri Jan 29, 2016 15:41If it's an A-road, then who knows. A122 is free and would fit, I suppose.
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It also signifies a road from zone 1 to zone 2 (1-2-2) - but that may be coincidence.Chris5156 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 15:06Oh, that's a very good spot! A122 is a defunct number so it's available for use - it would be quite a coincidence if some project or correspondence reference number happened to also be a defunct road number that would be suitable for this road.
(Personally I still prefer A150, which is also defunct and is a better number.)
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From the SABRE Wiki: A122 :
- The Original A122 between Epping - Chelmsford
- The A122 Lower Thames Crossing
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A122 is alright I suppose. I'd still prefer a two-digit M number but that doesn't seem likely anymore.
"All roads lead to Rome"
What about the M25?
The A205 - The road to... oh wait I should've turned right back there!
What about the M25?
The A205 - The road to... oh wait I should've turned right back there!
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I'd prefer the A150 to be for the Lincoln's Ring Road (Zone 1, A15 passed around it, Ring road = 0)
That is a very good point! 122 is still a fairly memorable number as well.Ruperts Trooper wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 16:04 It also signifies a road from zone 1 to zone 2 (1-2-2) - but that may be coincidence.
Both of which are better than the A0(M) seen in the older fly-throughs. However a Mxx number would be the most preferred still!
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There are five uses of the A122 number in this document from HE including "The A122 road would have..." and "Temporary traffic management measures associated with: the modifications of the M25 and A2; the construction of the new junctions with the A122 road"
Looks like it may well be!
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ ... sthrough=1
Looks like it may well be!
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ ... sthrough=1
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Paragraph 1 "Executive Summary":Telstarbox wrote: ↑Wed Dec 09, 2020 10:44 There are five uses of the A122 number in this document from HE including "The A122 road would have..." and "Temporary traffic management measures associated with: the modifications of the M25 and A2; the construction of the new junctions with the A122 road"
The A122 Lower Thames Crossing (the Project) ...
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The age of the motorway is well and truly dead now methinks! This started as a motorway and is now some 3 digit A road! It doesn’t make it seem important either. Blackwall is just the A102, Dartford is just the A282 and you’d expect a project of this scale and size to at least be a motorway! And not to mention it would finally connect the M2 to the rest of the motorway network. At this rate all these Ax(M) expressways won’t exist either now, just look at the A14...
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I do think the A122 is a good number as it relates well to local numbers in the SE. The A150 sounds like it belongs in East Anglia, Lincolnshire.
Re. not being a motorway I am perfectly comfortable with that. I do feel uneasy about calling roads without hard shoulders (even with tech) motorways - so like with the A14 it’s the right call. That being said it should have been built to traditional motorway standards in the beginning !!
Re. not being a motorway I am perfectly comfortable with that. I do feel uneasy about calling roads without hard shoulders (even with tech) motorways - so like with the A14 it’s the right call. That being said it should have been built to traditional motorway standards in the beginning !!
A1/A1(M) >>> M1
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Fully agree. This is quite possibly the single most vital piece of infrastructure in the south east and we're doing it on the cheap. Yes it's all very well pointing to the freeflow junctions and such which are very nice indeed but if you're already spending that level of money do a full motorway of it.thatapanydude wrote: ↑Thu Dec 17, 2020 21:05 I do think the A122 is a good number as it relates well to local numbers in the SE. The A150 sounds like it belongs in East Anglia, Lincolnshire.
Re. not being a motorway I am perfectly comfortable with that. I do feel uneasy about calling roads without hard shoulders (even with tech) motorways - so like with the A14 it’s the right call. That being said it should have been built to traditional motorway standards in the beginning !!
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I bet years ago they didn’t think hard shoulders would turn into a political debate
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motorway or not it will still be an important road.
doesnt really matter on the numbering, if it had been motorway what number would have been assigned to it ?
doesnt really matter on the numbering, if it had been motorway what number would have been assigned to it ?
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In 20 years all cars will be driverless anyway, and they won't care what the road number is. It may as well be 15.FH.76.WR.
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It keeps getting trotted out but we live in a country that can't even keep track of someone with a virus, I'd love to see how the shambolic maintenance of roads with signs and lines missing everywhere is going to play with technology that is reliant on everything being in perfect order.Telstarbox wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 13:44 In 20 years all cars will be driverless anyway, and they won't care what the road number is. It may as well be 15.FH.76.WR.
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