On Tuesday, September 23, 2014 6:53:11 AM UTC+1, SB wrote:
You might have missed the FOUR page announcement (in small type) in the Evening Standard of the compulsory access (and destruction) by Thames Water (owned by the Chinese Communist Government - don't ask) for the super-sewer to run from Chelsea to the Mouth.



Despite continued protestations from the Mayor of London, Thames Water is arrogantly going ahead with this scheme with the minimum of public consultation that they think that they can get away with.



The project will likely cause a £80 rise in water bills for all Thames Water customers. Yet when it rains TW with gross mismanagement dumps the rain-water into the sewer system causing raw sewage to get into the Thames, rather than managing water in an intelligent recyclable way. And Thames Water is well known for losing millions of gallons of water from leaks. But the Chinese cream off all the profits - they have their priorities.



This super-project has caused protestations from thousands of local residents from Fulham to Beckton to Woolwich who will have to put up with heavy excavations, mud and dust, noise, vibration, and loss of amenities like destroyed public parks for the next ten years or more.



In London itself the Victoria Embankment Gardens with its small theatre and cafes will be completely destroyed. Riverboat piers will be closed - curtailing commuter and tourist services, and iconic historic vessels basically removed such as PS Tattershall Castle and HMS President. God knows where they will go - there are few moorings until you get to Greenwich (as the tallships found at the recent festival).



Also Embankment Station and Temple Underground stations could well be closed for years. The former has only just had a multi-million pound makeover.



SB

This scheme was well known when the "superhighway" was first proposed. It was the mayor's decision to build it knowing that it would have to be dug up again.