Agenda and minutes
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Contact: Lucy Tricker, Democratic Services Officer Email: direct.democracy@thurrock.gov.uk
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Apologies for Absence Minutes: Councillors Fraser Massey, Tom Kelly and Terry Piccolo sent their apologies. Peter Ward, Thurrock Business Representative, and Westley Mercer, Thurrock Business Board Representative, also sent their apologies. |
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To approve as a correct record the minutes of the Lower Thames Crossing Task Force meeting held on 16 September 2019. Minutes: The Thames Crossing Action Group (TCAG)
Representative commented that on page eight of the agenda, the
minutes stated that she had mentioned a meeting with Highways
England (HE) that had been arranged. She
clarified that this had been said by the
Assistant Director LTC. |
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Items of Urgent Business To receive additional items that the Chair is of the opinion should be considered as a matter of urgency, in accordance with Section 100B (4) (b) of the Local Government Act 1972. Minutes: There were no items of urgent
business. |
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Declaration of Interests Minutes: There were no interests declared. |
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Modelling and Traffic Update PDF 130 KB Minutes: The Assistant Director LTC introduced the
report and commented that the briefing note referenced
supplementary consultation, and although this had been reported by
a newspaper in Kent, the dates or consultation itself had not yet
been confirmed by HE. She added that the views in the technical
note were the views of Thurrock Council, and had not been checked
with HE, so therefore were subject to change. |
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Memorandum of Understanding - Highways England (Report to be tabled) PDF 202 KB Minutes: The Assistant Director LTC stated that this
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) had been borne from advice given
by the Planning Inspectorate, as concern had been expressed
regarding data sharing by HE. She stated
that the Planning Inspectorate had recommended producing an MOU to
agree working arrangements in a more detailed format compared to
the Planning Performance Agreement (PPA). She felt that the Council
needed time to organise meetings and gather data, and this MOU
would help to agree work planning time
frames and expectations. The Assistant Director LTC
summarised and asked for the agreement of the Task Force before it
was sent to HE. |
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A14 Cambridgeshire - River Great Ouse Viaduct (Report to be tabled) PDF 66 KB Minutes: The Assistant Director LTC introduced the
report and stated that this had been
bought forward as an interest item. She mentioned that she
and the TCAG Representative had been on a site visit to the A14
River Great Ouse Viaduct, which would be of similar height and
scale to the proposed viaduct at Tilbury, and had taken pictures to
show the Task Force. She stated that the proposed Tilbury viaduct
would be between nine and twelve metres high. She also explained
that conversations were taking place with HE over the design of the
viaduct, but these could not be shared
in the public domain yet. She added that HE had also hired an
architect, which was unusual practice, as the landscape of the
borough changed dramatically from north to south. |
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Task Force Priorities List PDF 122 KB Minutes: The Assistant Director LTC introduced the
report and stated that the list had not been
updated for a while, so would be updated and bought back to
committee for November’s meeting. The Chair asked when HE
would be coming back to the Task Force. The Assistant Director LTC
stated they would be invited to
January’s meeting, and could be invited in November if
Members had specific issues that they wished to discuss, but that
they had released no new information for discussion. She stated
that a HE engineer could be invited in
November to discuss cut and cover, and the reasons it would not be
possible along the entire route. |
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Minutes: It was confirmed that Highways England would be invited to the November and January meetings of the Task Force |