HC Deb 25 October 1989 vol 158 cc504-5W
Mr. Cartwright

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many objections have been received from(a) organisations and (b) individuals to the revised bridge proposals for the east London river crossing; and whether he intends to reopen the public inquiry into the scheme.

Mr. Portillo

By the end of the statutory objection period, 55 objections and representations had been received from organisations and 3,235 from individuals.

My right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Transport and for the Environment announced on 17 October that they had decided to re-open the previous inquiry to consider representations about the change in the design of the Thames bridge and to hold a concurrent inquiry into the draft orders for the revised bridge design. These inquiries will he held jointly with the public inquiry into the planning application to extend the runway and to change the operating conditions at London City airport. These inquiries are expected to be held around the middle of 1990.