Highways England commercial director Nic Hillier confirmed yesterday that the Development Consent Order (DCO) application for the Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) will not be submitted until later this year.
The Planning Inspectorate’s concerns related to construction plans and the predicted ecological and environmental impact of the scheme.
At the time of withdrawing the original DCO, Thames Crossing executive director Matt Palmer told NCE that the DCO would be resubmitted early in the New Year, adding that it was a “speed bump, not a complete stop”.
However, speaking yesterday at an i-Construct supply chain event focused on LTC, Hillier suggested that it was going to take considerably longer than the planned 120 day delay and a further consultation is now also planned. He said: “We are going to commence a consultation phase in July and we are looking to submit our DCO by the end of the year for acceptance, which we hope to have ahead of Christmas. That is really critical as a
Published:
3:09 PM May 20, 2021
Updated:
4:26 PM May 20, 2021
Fugro Mercator is one of three vessels carrying out seabed surveys for North Falls Offshore Wind Farm
- Credit: Fugro
Geologists are set to carry out a survey of proposed cable routes for
a planned extension to the Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm, which lies off the East Anglian coast.
Three wind farm survey vessels will spend the next three months examining the cabling routes for North Falls Offshore Wind Farm in the Southern North Sea.
The vessels will operate out of Harwich Port and it is expected the surveys will be completed by the late summer. Greater Gabbard is operated and maintained by a 100-strong team operating out of Lowestoft.
Published:
3:09 PM May 20, 2021
Updated:
4:26 PM May 20, 2021
Fugro Mercator is one of three vessels carrying out seabed surveys for North Falls Offshore Wind Farm
- Credit: Fugro
Geologists are set to carry out a survey of proposed cable routes for
a planned extension to the Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm, which lies off the East Anglian coast.
Three wind farm survey vessels will spend the next three months examining the cabling routes for North Falls Offshore Wind Farm in the Southern North Sea.
The vessels will operate out of Harwich Port and it is expected the surveys will be completed by the late summer. Greater Gabbard is operated and maintained by a 100-strong team operating out of Lowestoft.