Resolved:

That the draft response to the Thames Tideway Tunnel consultation, attached at Appendix 1 to the report (CAB 059/101), be approved; and also that officers [Corporate Director Communities, Localities and Culture] be instructed to submit the response [to Thames Water].

Action by:

CORPORATE DIRECTOR COMMUNITIES, LOCALITIES AND CULTURE

(S. HALSEY)

Service Head Environmental Control, Environmental Protection, Communities Localities and Culture (B. Jones)

Head of Environmental Health, Environmental Protection,Communities Localities and Culture (D. Farrell)

Mr Farrell, Head of Environmental Health, Environmental Protection,Communities Localities and Culture, at the request of the Chair in introducing the report:

·                    Briefly summarised the key points contained therein highlighting in particular that:

o                    The Thames Tideway Tunnel was a strategic London-wide project to deal with the overflow of sewage into the Thames from Hammersmith downriver and directly affected a number of boroughs.

o                    The report set out the Authority’s recommended response to the current round of public consultation on the project:

o                    Supporting the project in principle, as the solution to the problem.

o                    Endeavouring to influence the detail of the project to ensure it was effective, had no unnecessary impact on Tower Hamlets and best practice was employed in the construction and use of the tunnel.

o                    It was important to note that Thames Water had indicated that the project might be revised, to address concerns expressed by other boroughs and such a revised scheme would be the subject of further public consultation at which point Tower Hamlets would need to make its position clear.

·                    Addressed the matters raised by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee, held on 30^th November 2010, in relation to the report; as set out in the tabled sheet of questions and comments presented by the Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee earlier in the proceedings:

The Mayor Moved the recommendations as set out in the report; and it was:-

Resolved:

That the draft response to the Thames Tideway Tunnel consultation, attached at Appendix 1 to the report (CAB 059/101), be approved; and also that officers [Corporate Director Communities, Localities and Culture] be instructed to submit the response [to Thames Water].

Reasons for Decisions

These are detailed in paragraph 3.1 of the report (CAB 059/101)

Alternative Options Considered

These are detailed in paragraph 4.1 of the report (CAB 059/101)