{"id":47517,"date":"2014-09-12T09:40:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-12T09:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=85ab004015ddfcb37b403af48ef8ea45"},"modified":"2014-09-12T09:40:00","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T09:40:00","slug":"press-release-development-consent-granted-for-the-thames-tideway-tunnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=47517","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Development consent granted for the Thames Tideway Tunnel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Communities Secretary Eric Pickles and Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss have today (12 September 2014) published their decision to make an Order granting development consent for the Thames Tideway Tunnel to be built and operated.<\/p>\n<p>The Secretaries of State conclude that on balance there is a good case for making an Order granting development consent for the proposed development.<\/p>\n<p>The tunnel will run from the Acton Storm Tanks in West London to the Abbey Mills pumping station in East London, with a storage capacity of 1,250,000 cubic metres.<\/p>\n<p>Construction is expected to start in 2016 and be completed by 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to grant consent for this has been made under the <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/ukpga\/2008\/29\/contents\">Planning Act 2008<\/a>, with a Development Consent Order signed by both Secretaries of State.<\/p>\n<p>Communities Secretary Eric Pickles said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">This is a challenging infrastructure project, but it is clear that the Thames Tunnel will help modernise London\u2019s ageing Victorian sewerage system, and make the River Thames cleaner and safer.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>In the 21st century, London should not have a river that is polluted by sewage every time there is heavy rainfall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">The Thames Tunnel is considered to be the best solution to address London\u2019s outdated sewerage infrastructure.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 id=\"further-information\">Further information<\/h2>\n<p>A <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/infrastructure.planningportal.gov.uk\/projects\/london\/thames-tideway-tunnel\/\">Statement of Reasons<\/a> has been published today setting out the basis on which development consent has been granted. The <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/infrastructure.planningportal.gov.uk\/document\/2705843\">Development Consent Order<\/a> can also be found on this website. <\/p>\n<div class=\"contact postal-address\" id=\"contact_40\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Office address and general enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<p class=\"adr\">\n<span class=\"street-address\">2 Marsham Street<br \/>\n<br \/>\nLondon<\/span><br \/><span class=\"postal-code\">SW1P 4DF<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"contact_form_url\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Contact form<\/span><br \/>\n              <a href=\"http:\/\/forms.communities.gov.uk\/\">http:\/\/forms.communiti&#8230;<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">General enquiries:  please use this number if you are a member of the public<\/span><br \/>\n              030 3444 0000\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"contact\" id=\"contact_171\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Media enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"email\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Email<\/span><br \/>\n              <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:communications-newsdesk@communities.gsi.gov.uk\">communications-newsdesk@communities.gsi.gov.uk<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Please use this number if you&#8217;re a journalist wishing to speak to Press Office<\/span><br \/>\n              030 3444 1201\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Decision published to make an Order granting development consent for the Thames Tideway Tunnel to be built and operated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47517"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47517"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47529,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47517\/revisions\/47529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}