Summary
To help inform the debate,
'Government
Overview of the Case for Crossrail and its Environmental Impacts’ (Cm 7250)
summarises the work that has already been done to assess, control, and mitigate
the environmental impacts of Crossrail and explains why the Government believes
that the Crossrail project is worthy of its support.
To approve
the Crossrail Bill at Third Reading Members will need to be satisfied as to the
adequacy of the Environmental Statement prepared by the Promoter of the Bill
and that the Promoter has given sufficient consideration to alternatives to the
Bill proposals.
The overview examines the Environmental Statement, the
role of the Select Committee and the general approach to the control and
mitigation of environmental impacts, including:
- Noise and vibration
- Impacts on townscape and landscape
- Visual amenity
- Heritage and archaeology
- Traffic and transport
- Community
and socio-economic impacts
- Settlement
- Ecology
- Dust
- Water resources
- Contaminated land
- Electromagnetic
fields
The Report also summarises the need for, and benefits of,
Crossrail and looks into related human rights issues.
The Report
published simultaneously with the related Paper
‘Further
Responses to the Government's Consultation on the Crossrail Bill Environmental
Statement’ (Cm. 7249) which contains a summary of responses received by the
Department for Transport after 10 June 2005 but before 8 August 2007.
The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Directive requires decision-making
bodies to consider the environmental effects of projects when deciding whether
or not they should be allowed to proceed. The Government invited comments on
the Crossrail Bill Environmental Statement. Representations received before 10
June 2005 were presented to Parliament in July 2005, prior to the Second
Reading of the Bill.
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