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• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 18 June 2014

John Biggs AM: I should start by saying that although the Assembly is unanimous in taking the view that Heathrow presents all sorts of problems, we are not necessarily unanimous on the conclusions that flow from that. I am very interested in this issue of noise. There is a health warning here, which is that scientists can measure it but the individual experience of it seems to vary from person to person and from time of day to time of day as well, so we need to be very clear about that and how people find it offensive. In your...

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 18 June 2014

John Biggs AM: I am reminded in the context of Kit Malthouse’s last question that people often wonder why people live on the foothills of active volcanoes and it is because the soil is fantastically fertile. It does not necessarily answer the question as to why we should have people living next to airports but it is a relevant issue. My question is about the modal split and it follows from the first part of Caroline Pidgeon’s question about HS2. Do you take a position on the sort of modal split Heathrow Airport should have? Clearly one of the terms...

• 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.