Written question asked by Andrew Rosindell (Conservative) on Wednesday, 14 June 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 16 June 2006. It was answered by Derek Twigg (Labour) on Wednesday, 28 June 2006 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Railways

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps are being taken to limit the environmental impact of the Crossrail project.

Answer: We are putting a number of mechanisms in place to control the environmental impacts of the construction and operation of Crossrail:"arrangements within the Crossrail Bill for local planning authorities to approve detailed design and construction arrangements;""policies, commitments and undertakings entered into outside the Bill; and""existing legislation, unless expressly or impliedly disapplied or modified by the Crossrail Bill."In particular, any nominated undertaker will be contractually bound to comply with controls set out in the ‘Environmental Minimum Requirements’—a suite of documents that is being developed in consultation with local authorities and other relevant stakeholders. The nominated undertaker will also be required to take such opportunities as may be reasonably practicable to reduce significant adverse impacts.The information paper: ‘DO2 Control of Environmental Impacts’ sets out our approach. A copy of this paper has been placed in the Library and is also available on the Crossrail Bill supporting documents website at:"http://billdocuments.crossrail.co.uk"

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 448 c382-3W; 78612
Session: 2005-06
Related items: Deposited Paper DEP 06/1240
Wednesday, 28 June 2006
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects: Elizabeth line
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