0950 Hrs GMT London Thursday 16 April 2009: KHOODEELAAR! TOLD YOU SO! Crossrail is a crassly conceived scam.. Now it’s construction peddlers are admitting in effect to CROSSRAIL CAUSING congestion ..... [To be continued]
http://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2009/04/16/133528/crossrail-project-will-manage-600-truck-loads-a-day.html
Crossrail project will manage 600 truck-loads a day
16 April 2009
Crossrail expects to manage around 600 truck-loads per day in its mammoth project to build a rail link between East and West London. Simon Phillips, construction logistics manager at Crossrail, says the company plans to centrally manage the transportation of materials by road, rail and waterway. Crossrail, which is backed by funding of nearly £16bn, predicts that 47% of journeys to and from the construction sites will be by road, 39% by barge, and 14% by rail.
Commentators have already voiced concern about congestion resulting from Crossrail work. Lord Berkeley has called for Crossrail to reopen disused Royal Mail tunnels under London to shift spoil from the project and avert traffic chaos in the capital, according to Roadtransport.com sister title Contract Journal.
As part of the Crossrail plan, about 21km of twin-bore tunnel will be built below London, and thousands of tonnes of excavated material a month is expected to be transported away from the construction areas. The work will include a massive redevelopment of Tottenham Court Road tube station.
Spoil from the work will be transported to Wallasea Island in Essex as part of an RSPB scheme that will turn 620 hectares of land into coastal marshland habitat for birds and other marine life.
Phillips says strict controls will be put in place to manage the number of trucks travelling through central London, and new consolidation centres and logistics facilities will be set up for deliveries. "Our aim is to minimise waste and maximise recycling. We don't want to see any empty lorries."
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