Thames Vision Priority Actions
To achieve the six goals a series of Priority Actions need to be taken by the PLA and others.
The full list of actions is here:
Port of London: More trade, more jobs
• Sustained private sector investment
• Continued improvements to the main navigation channels
• Lower Thames crossing downstream of Tilbury, by 2025
• Widening of A13, by the end of 2018
• Electrification of the Barking to Gospel Oak line, by Summer 2017
• At least three further Thames crossings to the east of Tower Bridge, that allow continuation of river trade; the first by 2022
• Closure of level crossings affecting operational terminals, by 2020
Passenger transport: More journeys
• Double the number of people travelling by river – reaching 20 million commuter and tourist trips every year
• Make more efficient use of piers and river space, including new timetabling to manage peaks in traffic
• Encourage more use at current low peak times
• Long-term pier strategy, going beyond the existing River Action Plan: new piers at Thamesmead, Erith, Greenhithe, Swanscombe, Grays & Tilbury by 2025
Inland freight: More goods off roads onto the river
• Establish the Thames as the default choice for transport of waste and construction materials; and increasingly containerised goods
• Protect and reactivate safeguarded wharves with at least Peruvian, Orchard
• and Hurlingham wharves brought into operation over the next decade
• Work with Transport for London and the Greater London Authority to extend the River Concordat to promote freight movements by water
• Establish a Thames Skills Academy by Autumn 2016, to provide a sustainable model for skills development on the Thames
Environment and heritage: Improved tidal Thames environment
• Tideway to build and bring the Thames Tideway Tunnel into operation by 2023
• Water quality improves to ‘good’
• Joined-up Thames Path running from Teddington to the sea
• Improve biodiversity of nature reserves: wherever practicable all Sites of Special Scientific Interest along the river brought into ‘favourable’ condition
Sport and recreation: More participants
• Sport opportunity zones from Kew Bridge to Richmond, Putney Bridge to Chelsea and east of Greenwich
• Establish and work towards a target for sport participation on the Thames
• More visitor moorings in appropriate locations on a busier river
Community and culture: More people enjoying the Thames and its banks
• New residential moorings in appropriate locations on a busier river
• Ensure that houseboats are moored appropriately and find innovative solutions to reduce the impact of wash
• Explore development of a Thames brand for culture, heritage and quality of life, including support for Totally Thames
