Memorandum submitted by London Thames
Gateway Development Corporation
London Thames Gateway Development Corporation
is the lead government agency responsible for delivering the regeneration
of the London Thames Gateway.
It has significant powers to effect change by
providing new homes, jobs, services and environmental improvements.
The Development Corporation is working extensively
with British Waterways in regard to its regeneration work in East
London's Lower Lea Valley.
We are part-funding British Waterways for the
construction of new control structures to impound the water at
Three Mills Wall River and Prescott Channel. The purpose of the
structures is to permit the impoundment and management of the
water level upstream of Bow Creek and provide navigation access
to water craft (including barges carrying up to 350 tonnes of
freight) to the higher reaches of Three Mills Wall River, Waterworks
River and the Old River Lea. This will enable the delivery of
construction materials by barge during the construction of the
Olympic stadia and village, and subsequently for delivering similar
materials to legacy build projects. The project will also provide
a waterway capable of supporting leisure activities which supports
one of our key projects, providing the fantastic new Lea River
Park for London. Works are on site with tidal exclusion scheduled
for April and project completion by the end of the year.
We are also in discussion with British Waterways
on delivering other regeneration initiatives including new bridges
and walking and cycling routes to enable much greater access to
and within the Lower Lea Valley and the facilities and opportunities
it provides.
I hope this letter provides details about our
ongoing relationship with British Waterways in the London Thames
Gateway.
Peter Andrews
Chief Executive
London Thames Gateway Development Corporation
March 2008
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