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• Reference: 2013/0039-1
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 09 October 2013

Can you confirm whether you are actively supporting an extension of the Barking-Gospel Oak line to Barking Riverside? And, if so, would you consider options for an intermediate station at Renwick Road? This is, in my view, an excellent proposal, by the way!

• Reference: 2013/0040-1
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 09 October 2013

What active work is taking place into the proposed Silvertown Crossing?

• Reference: 2013/0041-1
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 09 October 2013

Regarding the Silvertown Crossing: i. Are you committed to ensuring that while capacity will grow there will be considerable mitigation to avoid this causing additional demand? ii. Are you considering in detail how its connections to the trunk road network will work? iii. Is the option for further tunnelling or road connections on the North side of the crossing being considered? iv. Are you looking at ways in which the traffic flows between Blackwall and Silvertown Crossings can be most efficiently and equitably shared?

• Reference: 2013/0042-1
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 09 October 2013

What active work is taking place into the proposal for a fixed crossing between Newham and Bexley (formerly the Galleons Reach crossing)? Do you acknowledge that a ferry service will be at best a stopgap and that you might as well invest in the infrastructure East London needs?

• Reference: 2013/0043-1
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 09 October 2013

Will you explore the possibility of direct Barking to Stratford services, for example by diverting some Fenchurch Street services to call via Stratford rather than West Ham?

• Reference: 2013/0044-1
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 09 October 2013

Are you committed to upgrading CS2 to a fully segregated cycle route?

• Reference: 2013/0045-1
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 09 October 2013

While welcome, would you agree that your cycling investment package, exceeding £900million, is on closer inspection less than it appears?

• Reference: 2013/0046-1
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 09 October 2013

Will TfL consider opening the Eastern exit to Shadwell DLR Station for regular as against emergency only use? It would greatly assist those making journeys on foot Eastwards and would reduce congestion at busy times on the Western staircases.

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 20 June 2012

Thank you, Chair. Obviously, this is in my constituency. I think the record shows that I raised concerns about this junction more than two years ago, long before there were any fatalities at the junction. My concerns were rebutted at the time. I am sure they were rebutted in good faith but I think that is partly because the methodology you apply seems to require people to be killed or seriously injured - and that is not yours; that is a Government methodology - before you start intervening to address concerns at a junction. Is it not the case that...

• Reference: 2011/0069
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 19 January 2011

What steps are you taking to ensure that tube upgrades are value for money? Please itemise the checks and balances.