§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what plans he has to ensure that the stretch of the Thames Path between Greenwich and the site of the Millennium Dome is tidied up and lit more effectively. [28485]
§ Mr. CabornThe London Borough of Greenwich, in co-operation with other partners, are progressing plans to complete and upgrade the Thames Path to enable cyclist and pedestrian access to the Millennium Experience. They are considering the results of a feasibility study and will be negotiating with owners and developers as necessary to pursue the project.
§ Mr. BrakeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to the answer of 22 January 1998,Official Report, column 617, how much contaminated material has been buried beneath the Millennium Experience site; on which parts of the site this material has been buried; if contaminated material has been buried beneath the Millennium Dome; and what the contaminated material is composed of. [30388]
§ Angela EagleThe remediation of contaminated soils on the Greenwich Peninsula, in accordance with current legislation and government policy, includes both the treatment and reuse of soils on-site and removal of wastes off-site. Contaminated soils have also been left in situ where they do not pose a risk to groundwater, and are capped using multi-layered engineered clean soils. This contaminated material is likely to exist over much of the peninsula including the area leased by the New Millennium Experience Company. However, site users are effectively isolated from it by the capping layers.
The contamination within these soils which have been left in situ and capped includes wastes from the production of gas and its by-products as well as carboniferous materials.
§ Mr. BrakeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his answer of 22 January 1998,Official Report, column 617, concerning re-use of material on the Millennium Experience site, what material has been re-used and in what way. [30389]
§ Angela EagleThe materials which have been treated and re-used on the Greenwich Peninsula site, including the site to be used for the Millennium Experience, are principally the excavated soils.
Following wet and dry sieving to remove the more highly contaminated fine material, the coarser fraction is replaced and compacted for use as general fill. This reduces the need to import material from off-site, thus reducing cost and minimising environmental impact. In addition, trials are being undertaken to use the moderately contaminated materials for road construction by adding cement and lime.