We are proposing to use Chambers Wharf for construction work and to accommodate permanent structures required to operate the main tunnel. The site would be used to drive the main tunnel to Abbey Mills Pumping Station and receive the main tunnel from Kirtling Street; and to connect three existing local CSOs to the main tunnel via a long connection tunnel. The three CSOs are known as Greenwich Pumping Station, Deptford Church Street and Earl Pumping Station, and the long connection tunnel is known as the Greenwich connection tunnel.
The location of the site is shown below. Chambers Wharf is a cleared re-development site that has planning permission for residential development; part of our site is also located within the foreshore of the River Thames. Loftie Street is to the east of the site with Chambers Street to the south, beyond which is a development site where residential properties are proposed. Luna House and Axis Court apartment blocks are to the west with St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Secondary School to the south west and Riverside Primary School to the south east. The site is adjacent to the St Saviours Dock Conservation Area.
Chambers Wharf is our preferred site because it is a brownfield site and has good access to the River Thames, which would allow the removal of excavated material and delivery of construction materials to site via barge. The site would not cause disruption to the Thames Path because it is already diverted around the site, so no diversion works would be required. Our proposal would not interfere with the future redevelopment plans for this cleared site.
For more detailed information on our proposals for the Chambers Wharf site, please see our site information paper below:
