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[email protected] The Voice of the Community www.ucra.co.uk UPMINSTER & CRANHAM RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION Lower Thames Speeding and Other Traffic Crossing – Community Impacts Consultation Problems – Further Updates The project team want your further views Following on from last month’s article, we’d like to provide a further update. We held a very on plans to build and operate the new constructive meeting in July with Council Officers. In short, we went through the Highways’ Lower Thames Crossing, a proposed new Advisory Committee’s (HAC) report that dealt with speeding and traffic problems in certain road connecting Kent, Thurrock, Essex and areas in Upminster and Cranham. Havering through a tunnel beneath the River Some of the key points covered were the ongoing speeding in St Mary’s Lane, as well as the Thames. ongoing parking problems in the James Oglethorpe Primary School area. During the meeting The Community Impacts Consultation we were informed that a Council Officer had been assigned to assist with taking forward a will give people the opportunity to review number of actions contained in the HAC report. This will include visiting a number of areas/ and comment on the plans, proposals to sites and looking at design options with residents, and then providing solutions to the issues reduce impact on the local community and identified. When this has been completed consultation will commence, which may include environment. Topics include changes to a number of options, taking on board the views from local residents. Can we urge residents traffic, air quality, noise and vibration, as well as the impact of the new crossing on the to participate in any consultations which may affect their neighbourhoods.