• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 15 October 2003

I agree that we have to get the existing transport infrastructure right. There is a direct link from Stratford to Stansted which is growing very fast in the period up to the Games. It cannot be used. It needs two things. Firstly, the doubling of the track capacity between Tottenham Hale and Broxbourne, which was planned for completion by 2007 but is now being consigned to the distant future by the SRA. It was one of their top priorities, but now it is out. Secondly, improvements are needed to the Copper Mill junction on the link between Tottenham Hale and...

• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 15 October 2003

Doubling the track?

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 15 October 2003

Have you thought about how people will get from the Olympic Village to the Dome, given the current problems with the Blackwall Tunnel?

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 15 October 2003

• Question by: Meg Hillier
• Meeting date: 15 October 2003

Actually TfL are visiting Hackney next week. I just want to bring it back to the IOC questionnaire that has to detail any opposition. Perhaps Barbara could comment on that?

• Question by: Meg Hillier
• Meeting date: 15 October 2003

Can we keep this specifically about connections for the Olympics? In order for people locally to continue their support in broad terms for the Olympic bid, there is a strong desire to see this bid as a catalyst for finally improving transport in Hackney. The East London Line was fought for. We have fought together and won, but that is the western edge of Hackney. Crossrail 2 is longer term and yes, we now see that commitment. But, for example, around Hackney Wick at the moment there is no proper transport infrastructure and if an Olympic bid cannot bring some...

• Question by: Meg Hillier
• Meeting date: 15 October 2003

We are talking about central Hackney.

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 15 October 2003

Is that a no, or a maybe?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 15 October 2003

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 15 October 2003

Can I ask about a proposal I have recently seen to extend the East London Line from Dalston to Stratford and thereby provide a link from Stratford to what you would call `remoter" areas of London like Crystal Palace, for example. Is that something that you would support, because it would not cost that much money and you could do it quickly?