HL Deb 13 December 2004 vol 667 c64WA
Lord Berkeley

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What assurances were given by the developer of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link about removal by rail or road of spoil from the workings in the Kings Cross area. [HL180]

Lord Davies of Oldham

As far as practically possible, CTRL spoil is reused for construction purposes or disposed of along the route corridor. The spoil and waste disposal strategy to which London & Continental Railways is committed requires rail transport for movements off site where practical and convenient; if that strategy is changed, the resulting environmental impacts must be assessed as being no worse across the whole CTRL project.

Lord Berkeley

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What weekly volumes of spoil from the Channel Tunnel Rail Link are planned to be removed from the Kings Cross sites by (a) rail; and (b) road, over the next three months. [HL181]

Lord Davies of Oldham

Weekly figures are not readily available. However, in December, 5,000 tonnes of spoil are due to be removed by rail and 36,000 tonnes by road. In January 2005, 36,000 tonnes are due to be removed by road and in February, 4,000 tonnes by road. The railhead closes on 10 December as it is severed by CTRL construction work, but some 910,000 tonnes of spoil have been removed this way to date. Closure of the railhead has been delayed by three months to allow the removal by rail of some 46,000 tonnes of spoil arising from the construction of the new Thameslink station box.