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Contact: Lucy Tricker, Democratic Services Officer Email: direct.democracy@thurrock.gov.uk
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Apologies for Absence Minutes: Councillors Fraser Massey, Allen Mayes, Terry Piccolo and Tom Kelly sent their apologies. Peter Ward, Business Representative also sent his apologies. |
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To approve as a correct record the minutes of the Lower Thames Crossing Task Force meeting held on 14 October 2019. Minutes: The Thames Crossing Action Group (TCAG) Representative highlighted page 9 of the agenda and clarified that she did not ask about PM2.5 and the new legislation, and had simply stated that if the bill passed the scheme would become untenable. She also asked for clarification regarding the dates for DCO submission as outlined on page 10, and asked whether DCO and construction would both begin in 2021. The Assistant Director LTC replied that DCO would aim to be submitted in 2020. |
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Items of Urgent Business To receive additional items that the Chair is of the opinion should be considered as a matter of urgency, in accordance with Section 100B (4) (b) of the Local Government Act 1972. Minutes: There were no items of urgent business. |
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Declaration of Interests Minutes: There were no interests declared. |
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Highways England Presentation - Cut and Cover PDF 955 KB Minutes: The Highways England (HE) Development Director
introduced the briefing note and stated that there had been high
levels of engagement with Thurrock Council, including numerous
technical workshops. He added that the HE community ‘Chatty
Van’ had also received good levels of engagement from the
public, and the local supply chain event that had been held had
received over 200 visitors. He stated that HE still planned for
Development Consent Order (DCO) submission in 2020, and they had
now finished collating consultation responses, which would go on to
shape the DCO proposal. He also clarified that HE were considering
another round of consultation, but this would be communicated to
Thurrock when agreed and would reflect the intensity of the next
stage of proposals. The HE Development Director mentioned that a
new Facebook page would be launching on 19 December 2019 and would
be updated monthly to keep the public up-to-date with the latest
developments. |
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Task Force Priorities List PDF 122 KB Minutes: The Assistant Director LTC explained that the Priorities List had not been updated due to purdah, but felt that HE were now in a position to answer some of the questions. She stated that she would send the document to HE for their input. |
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Minutes: The Chair stated that HE and the CEO of HE would be invited to the February Task Force meeting. |