THE DEMOLITION of the distinctive high tower at Tilbury Power Station is set to be carried out this Thursday (Sept 22nd).
The exact time will be know by Wednesday.
RWE Npower is planning to bring down one of the coal junction towers and its connected conveyors.
A spokesman for the company said" The explosion would “not impact local businesses, community or local traffic” and no emergency services would be required, except for a ‘minimal’ police presence.
Road sweepers and road cleaners will also be on hand should they be required.
The power station, which was closed in 2013, completed the first stage of its decommissioning phase after demolition began in January 2016.
The old Tilbury power station conveyor belt & tower has just been blown up. Ship photographers will be happy
Port expansion will create 3,000 jobs by end of 2017
(l-r) Chief Operating Officer Perry Glading, David Frankish NFT and Charles Hammond of Forth Ports
EXPANSION plans for the Port of Tilbury will see 3,000 new jobs created by the end of next year.
A planning application, due to be submitted in the new year, will bring hundreds of extra jobs to the old Tilbury Power Station site.
The major expansion should provide a boost to jobseekers across south Essex, and beyond, as port bosses say they will have to look far and wide to fill vacancies.
Chief operating officer Perry Glading said there were “not enough unemployed people locally to fill demand”.
He added the port was looking intensively at infrastructure in the region to best cope with demand as trade at the port was forecast to double over the next 15 years.
Planned projects on the port site for next year include 1,100 jobs at the Tilbury Perkins site, an Amazon warehouse off the Asda roundabout set to bring 1,500 jobs in spring 2017, along with 700 jobs at the new NFT Distribution facility.
The Amazon site will be the “largest warehouse in the UK” once it is built, Mr Glading added.
Because of the influx of new jobs, Mr Glading said the port was backing route four, a tunnel linking East Tilbury with Kent, in ongoing discussions about a second Thames crossing.
He added: “The number of jobs we are creating here are not going to be solved by locals living in Thurrock.
If we have access to Kent, it provides jobs for that side of the river as much as this side.”
Mr Glading said they were intent on building “with the cooperation of the community” and regular meetings were being held with the Tilbury Community Forum and the Thurrock Park Residents’ Association to see how growth could be made “organically”.
Tony Coughlin of the Thurrock Park Residents’ Association said: “Thurrock is blessed with low unemployment but I think any new jobs are a blessing.”
New jobs on the latest former Tilbury Power Station site will go ahead once demolition of the existing station is completed, and subject to approval of planning permission granted in January.
MP Jackie Doyle-Price said the Roads Minister John Hayes is due to make a decision in a matter of weeks on the crossing public consultation.
She added: “It is abundantly clear that expanding capacity at the current crossing will not do. What is needed is a new orbital road. Route four will see a new road built to directly connect with the A127 with no new M25 junction in Ockendon. It is the only possible choice.”
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