# The Thames Water Utilities Limited (Thames Tideway Tunnel) (Amendment) Order 2017, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
Following an application made under paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the Planning Act 2008 (c. 29), this Order makes the following non-material changes to the Thames Water Utilities Limited (Thames Tideway Tunnel) Order 2014:
(a) article 6(1)(a) of that Order is amended so that the limits of deviation apply to the construction of the siphon tunnel at Beckton Sewage Treatment Works;
(b) the internal diameter of the siphon tunnel inlet shaft is increased by up to 1.5 metres;
(c) the depth of the inlet and outlet shafts, and the siphon tunnel at Beckton Sewage Treatment Works, are reduced by 8 metres or more;
(d) minor changes are made to the location of the inlet and outlet shafts, one of which is located at either end of the siphon tunnel).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/659/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/thames-water-utilities-limited-thames-tideway-tunnel-amendment-order-2017/note
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