Architect Foster + Partners reveals further work in advance of Oxford Uni lecture
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Architect Foster + Partners has unveiled further details of its 拢50bn plan to build an airport in the Thames estuary in advance of a lecture by Lord Foster at the University of Oxford tonight.
Foster will reveal designs for a 拢20bn orbital rail line around London and a 拢6bn outer Thames barrier and crossing, alongside the proposed 拢20bn international estuary airport.
The practice says further studies have been undertaken since the launch of the project earlier this month, including a detailed study of wildlife habitats in the Thames Estuary, investigating the potential for a new nature reserve; analysis of the wreck of the SS Richard Montgomery, a Second World War munitions ship, which lies close to the proposed airport site; a survey of the settlements and listed buildings on the Isle of Grain; further detail on rail alignment and integration of utilities and gas insulated cables; and possible locations of intermodal stations on the Orbital Rail link.
Foster has been working with consultants Halcrow and Volterra on the project.
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