Vauxhall Lib Dems Seek Reassurances on "Super Sewer"
October 11, 2010 7:38 PM
Oval Lib Dem Councillor Ishbel Brown has spoken out against one of Thames Water's proposed "super sewer" construction sites in Vauxhall, which form part of the larger project to significantly reduce the amount of the raw sewage dumped into the River Thames.
A site in Vauxhall is needed for the construction of a junction between the existing sewers and the new "super sewer"- four possible locations are under consideration.
One of these possible locations is located in the middle of the Ashmole Estate, close to hundreds of people's homes. Ishbel has demanded that this location is immediately removed as a possible location for this construction work.
In her letter to Thames Water, Ishbel said:
"The Claylands Road site - a misleading term for it - is actually a large part of the central open space for a significant part of the Ashmole Estate and just yards away from hundreds of local homes; right next to a busy community centre for the Estate and very near to an old people's care home, a playground and two schools. As well as being disruptive to residents, it will also mean the loss of lots of parking spaces. I am very surprised and worried that this has emerged as an option at all - but I am very pleased that Thames Water is not regarding this as a priority option.
"It should also be remembered that the Metropolitan Housing Association is about to embark on regeneration work on the Ashmole estate and this will surely make their work far more difficult.
"Everyone accepts that the Thames needs to be cleaned up, but the preferred option next to the Albert Embankment is the one that will give the least amount of disruption to Oval residents and the one that should be pursued. I urge Thames Water to give re-assurance to Ashmole Estate residents that the Claylands Road site will be immediately deleted from the list of possible sites for any work."
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