Thames Gateway Bridge plans ditched for housing

Plans relationship relief extra than 85 years to develop the £500m Thames Gateway Bridge cling in the end been axed to free up land for model.

A safeguarding present preserving land across the proposed bridge has been lifted by transport minister Simon Lightwood.

In a written assertion to parliament finest Friday (18 July), he acknowledged the plug mirrored the govt.’s dedication to making sure transport and infrastructure supports housing initiating and drives growth as fragment of its Belief for Substitute. 

He acknowledged the outdated-customary present had been an “obstacle” to foremost model and used to be no longer wished as London’s transport needs were now diversified following main investments in London’s river crossings – particularly the Dartford Crossing and the Silvertown Tunnel.

“Safeguarding is an crucial planning system former to give protection to land for future transport schemes from conflicting model,” Lightwood acknowledged.

“It used to be intended to give protection to land for a toll road crossing that has no longer been delivered. Since then, London’s transport priorities cling evolved. 

“The safeguarding instructions as a consequence of this fact no longer align with the path of transport policy or the evolving needs of this fragment of London.

“The persevered safeguarding of this land has been a predicament to worthy-wished model, and I’m as a consequence of this fact lifting these instructions. 

“The government is involved to bring contemporary properties and unlock economic opportunity, and we’re taking steps to put off pointless barriers to development.”

In Could well also simply, the Crown Property and Lendlease signed a £24bn partnership to blueprint housing, apart from to science and innovation districts, across the UK.

The companions acknowledged the programme would bring 26,000 properties, of which about one-third would be classed as cheap, and as much as 930,000 sq. metres of laboratory and workspace.

Sites named for model embody areas around Euston station, Thamesmead Waterfront and Silvertown in London.

The foundation for the Thames Gateway Bridge used to be first raised in the Forties, and in 2004 it used to be proposed as soon as extra with preliminary planning permission, however in 2008, Boris Johnson, Mayor of London on the time,  cancelled the procedure.

In 2009, a scaled-down model used to be proposed however this too used to be axed in 2016.