Examination of Witnesses (Questions 5480
- 5499)
5480. CHAIRMAN: Who are you?
5481. MS PEDRETTI: My name is Annetta
Pedretti.
5482. CHAIRMAN: What is your interest
in all this?
5483. MS PEDRETTI: I live in Princelet
Street at the top of the building as part of the Brick Lane community.
5484. CHAIRMAN: This is not a public
meeting.
5485. MS PEDRETTI: I know but the other
day you said we should be here to ask questions.
5486. CHAIRMAN: Are you part of any of
the petitioners' groups?
5487. MS PEDRETTI: Yes, I am part of
one of the groups.
5488. CHAIRMAN: Which one?
5489. MS PEDRETTI: Khoodeelaar!
5490. CHAIRMAN: That is not what we are
dealing with at the moment.
5491. MS PEDRETTI: No, I know.
5492. CHAIRMAN: I am afraid you will
have to wait your turn.
5493. MS PEDRETTI: I was going to use
the fact that the witness is here and we did talk about lorry
routes.
5494. CHAIRMAN: Ms Lieven, did you want
to sum up on this? You have seen the points in the Petition.
5495. MS LIEVEN: I have seen the points
in the Petition, my Lord. I have heard the points Ms Singleton
has made today. Many of her concerns, I think, have been met to
the degree they are capable of being met by the meetings we have
had, so I am focusing on the points she has raised today.
5496. As far as lorry movements are concerned,
we are going to produce a note and I have already touched on the
issues there and I am not going to repeat that.
5497. So as far as noise is concerned, there
is no issue that there will be a material noise impact during
the construction phase of Crossrail on Kempton Court. I think
the important point to emphasise is there will be further predictions
done at the point of detailed design of the project and at that
stage the mitigation will be fixed as to what mitigation is appropriate
for what flat in accordance with the policy we have adopted. This
is a very transparent process, particularly at this location,
because we have carried out a noise report to bring together all
the noise impacts at Kempton Court, which is the one in your pack,
so the residents have a high level of knowledge of what to expect
here.
5498. So far as the operational noise is concerned,
it is critical to emphasise that mitigation measures, as Mr Thornely-Taylor
just described, will be put in place, so all the assessments show
that there will be no material operational noise once that is
done. In my submission, there will be a difficult period during
construction but we have acted wholly reasonably and I think Ms
Singleton accepts that, we have done what we can do in that respect.
5499. The only other issue I wanted to touch
on briefly was consultation. We have every intention of opening
a one-stop shop or similar facility before construction commences
in the Whitechapel area to ensure that local residents both have
the best information available but also can come in and ask whatever
questions they have, both in the lead-up to and during the construction,
but also there will, very importantly, be community relations
staff appointed by the contractor available throughout the construction
phase. Where the work is 24-hour work those staff will be available
on a 24-hour basis so if there is work going on that should not
be going on, or dirty lorries coming out, or anything like that,
there will be an immediate point of contact for local residents
to alert and to talk to as well as, of course, their contacts
through the council. We are absolutely committed to full and proper
working with local people in this vicinity during the work.
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