Finance and planning

We provide TfL’s Case Management Team for the flagship £425 million Thames Gateway Bridge in East London, working in TfL’s offices to co-ordinate all applications to obtain the necessary powers for the new bridge across the Thames
Developing outline business cases, assessing route alignments, preparing TWA submissions, assisting with stakeholder consultation and Public Inquiry, providing commercial management support – at Mott MacDonald we provide the full spectrum of skills and services needed to ensure that projects move smoothly and successfully from idea to implementation.

Our portfolio of current assignments for TfL includes:

Cross River Tram

Mott MacDonald is part of the team awarded the Development Services Commission to take this 16.5km street-running tram scheme forward through to Transport and Works Act submission. A core route is proposed between Euston and Waterloo with branches to Camden and Kings Cross in the north and Brixton and Peckham in the south. The aim is to create a high quality public transport link providing greater accessibility to Lambeth, Southwark and Camden, relieving overcrowded LUL lines in central London and improving links with mainline stations at Kings Cross/St Pancras, Euston and Waterloo.

Within the team we are responsible for the engineering development together with key elements of cost planning, traffic modelling and planning and urban design. Our work over the next two years will be to:

assess the current route proposals
identify, develop and assess any route options and take forward to consultation
identify the preferred route and take this to consultation
develop the scheme to gain scheme authority prior to the preparation of the TWA submission

Thames Gateway Bridge

We provide TfL’s Case Management Team for the flagship £425 million Thames Gateway Bridge in East London, working in TfL’s offices to co-ordinate all applications to obtain the necessary powers for the new bridge across the Thames – including planning applications to two boroughs, Highways Act orders, tolling orders and other miscellaneous orders. We’ve also been providing town planning services plus Citadon and RESPOND system management.

A key part of our role involves managing the Public Inquiry process for TfL – the first such Inquiry TfL has undertaken. After 11 calendar months and 89 sitting days, the Public Inquiry held at Charlton Athletic Football Club closed on 3 May 2006 with TfL delivering its 230 page closing statement – the last of its more than 350 documents. The report by the Inspectors is due in September 2006 with the Secretary of State's decision in Spring 2007.

Stratford Station Interchange

We’re providing commercial management services as part of TfL’s project management team for this development designed to meet the needs of the Stratford City Development and Olympic and Paralympic spectators travelling to venues in East London, as well as creating legacy benefits for passengers and the local community. The project will improve accessibility for all passengers and the interchange between London Underground, mainline rail, bus, walking and cycling facilities. Together with new DLR platforms as part of the conversion of the North London Line to DLR from Stratford Station to the International Station the project will provide a maximum station capacity during the Games in excess of 120,000 passengers in the three hour morning peak period.

West Croydon Gateway

We've been involved in urban regeneration and infrastructure planning work on the new West Croydon Station Corridor nodal interchange. The scheme integrates bus, rail, tram and taxi services as well as accommodating the addtion of Thameslink 2000 and the proposed East London Line services. It also increases station capacity and improves passengers' travelling experience. Regeneration of the surrounding area includes creating pedestrian and cyclist networks and access. Our work encompassed development and application of simulation models examining movement of pedestrians, buses, trains, HGVs and cars using VISSIM and other programs.

Kings Cross Station Redevelopment