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• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 16 January 2002

You mentioned the old, thorny issue of the road river crossings again. Is spending £5 million the best use of money on this?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 16 January 2002

It has been held up, particularly by the LDA, as a panacea for regeneration in east London. However, there's no real evidence to suggest that it will necessarily deliver the regeneration, as well as having an enormous amount of negative environmental impact. Would it not be better to commission an independent study to actually look at the alternatives to the road river crossings in terms of other issues around accessibility and in terms of other regeneration measures that could be taken as an alternative, so you could then really make an informed decision?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 16 January 2002

That's obviously what I meant. There are other things that you could do with the money that suits the area. The idea of the road river crossings is apparently to bring about regeneration in east London. Is that the best way of doing it? Do we not need an independent study looking at alternative ways forward of delivering regeneration in east London without building new roads which will lead to more traffic, more air pollution, and more congestion?