Welcome: Upper Tidal Thames Public Meeting 11 February 2021 Format for the evening • More than 200 people online • Over 60 questions submitted • A lot of the questions are on common topics (Hammersmith over half) • Run through an update presentation first • Panel of PLA people here to answer questions • We’ll deal with as many submitted questions as we can • Any we don’t get to, and others which people send to us directly, we’ll come back to you within a week at the latest • email us: [email protected] A chance to discuss local issues Further meetings later this year (provisional dates): • Middle district (June): Greenwich area • Lower district (October): Tilbury area Also (online): • Environment Conference (18-20 March) • Annual Stakeholder Forum (May) Agenda • 2020 review – PLA and river use • Safety matters • Harbour Revision Order • Hammersmith Bridge • Tree management programme • Other local news • Environment update • Freeports bid • Questions Our main focus in 2020 Operational resilience : • Port control • Pilotage service • Marine services • Hydrography • Driftwood • Licensing Targeted customers/operator support And we did a lot more besides… River use 2020 • Port trade: 47.4 million tonnes (2019: 54.0 million tonnes) • Passenger trips – 2.7 million (2019: 9.9 million) • Sports events – 168 (2019: 430) • Inland freight – TBC (Tideway total reached 4 million tonnes in the autumn) Safety matters • Updated Marine Safety Plan on our website, also 2020 annual review: • Zero serious/very serious navigational incidents. • 22% decrease in incidents (down to 359). • Harbour Masters team restructure for ‘whole river’ management approach. • Working with river safety partners to implement Drowning Prevention Strategy. Mental health nurse now full-time on river with police. Harbour Revision Order • Marine Management Organisation formal consultation pending. • Application submitted, following informal, pre-consultation discussions with stakeholders. • Vital update of legislation to reflect modern era. Hammersmith Bridge • Work continues to mitigate impact of closure (eg: limited, bookable weekend transits for users, whilst owners Hammersmith & Fulham Council (and TfL) identify long- term solution. • TfL running a public procurement process for a ferry service option. Tree management programme in development with LBRuT • Latest programme for 8 km stretch of riverbank (Beverley Brook to Kew). • Programme will be based on principles, incl public and navigational safety, tree health, public amenity, biodiversity (native black poplars) and flood defences, of which the revetment is part. • Plan based on a comprehensive, GIS based, audit of the entire towpath. • Consultation when draft plan is ready. Other local news • New Upper River maintenance team – repairs on PLA assets (eg: revetments at Mortlake). • Fulham FC roof deliveries due to end in March. • Thames Tideway Tunnel Environment update • Air Quality Strategy updated. • Thames Green Scheme launched. • Net Zero commitment; 60% cut in PLA emissions by 2025; Net Zero by 2040. • New Cleaning the Thames litter website. Thames Freeport bid submitted • DP World and Forth Ports bid, with London Gateway, Port of Tilbury and Ford’s Dagenham engine plant at its heart. • 25,000 extra jobs. • Key for levelling up and supporting deprived communities. Coming Up: Thames Vision refresh • Consultation start pending easing of pandemic restrictions. Keep in touch with the river • Tidal Thames News; weekly e- newsletter. Subscribe via our website. • Social media: Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram & Facebook. And finally… • We have taken on former City Cruises employees, Clemence Barbey, Beauty Marshall and Jeremie Dousselin, enabling them to complete their apprenticeships. Questions – PLA panel • Tanya Ferry, Head of Environment • Darren Knight, Deputy Harbour Master • Paul Lorimer, Assistant Harbour Master • Derek Maynard, Civil Engineer • Cathryn Spain, Harbour Master • Julie Tankard, Chief Financial Officer • James Trimmer, Director of Planning & Environment • Bernard Watson, Up River Maintenance Team Questions email us: [email protected].