§ Mr. SnapeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many of the environmental protection measures proposed for the second phase of the channel tunnel rail link between Ebbsfleet and St. Pancras are a specific requirement of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996. [62107]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonAdditional tunnelling in the approach to St. Pancras and at Barking and revised alignment of the track at Thurrock and Rainham were provided partly for environmental reasons and are required by the 1996 Act. Other environmental protection measures may arise from the detailed planning approval granted under the provisions of the 1996 Act by the local planning authorities.
§ Mr. SnapeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what estimate his Department has made of the value for money of the environmental protection measures included in design for the second phase of the Channel Tunnel Rail Line between Ebbsfleet and St. Pancras; and if he will make a statement. [62108]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonWe have not sought to make such an estimate, partly because few CTRL works in section two are exclusively for environmental protection, but primarily because there is no reliable means of apportioning costs between environmentally protective and other works.