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Ratepayers in Canary Wharf, The City and Westminster are to pay a greater share of the business levy used to fund Crossrail.
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has announced that he is raising the threshold at which London businesses are required to contribute towards the £15.9billion project. Boroughs with a station will also pay a greater share.
The Wharf visits the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which is already considering the possible impact of a Tory government on the City
You don't get into power in Britain by winning an opinion poll in January.
That said, businesses are becoming aware that they might need to get to know the opposition in case there's a new landlord this summer.
The Wharf was at City Hall as Crossrail bosses briefed the London Assembly
Your average Londoner can bang on about transport for hours, sometimes even with good reason.
When 10am rolled around at City Hall, snow jitters had stripped the London Assembly's transport committee down to a skeleton crew.
West India Dock will be partially drained in the next few weeks as Crossrail construction continues in Canary Wharf.
Piling has now been completed at the site known as Adams Place, and Crossrail has claimed work is "proceeding to schedule" as the £16billion project enters 2010.
By Andrew Williams
A very happy New Year, and new decade.
Apparently the shorthand for this decade is going to be the "twenty tens," which while stunningly obvious is at least less annoying than the dreaded "noughties".
Tube Lines chief executive Dean Finch has departed for National Express - less than eight months after he was appointed.
Mr Finch will reportedly remain with Tube Lines until his replacement is found, before taking up the role of chief executive at the rail and bus company.
Crossrail is set to submit planning applications for the construction of a new Tunnelling Academy, creating a legacy of skilled workers for the next generation, writes Steven Davies.
The centre is being built to address the shortage of a trained workforce. The academy will aim to train 3,000 people, many of them local, between now and 2015.
Improving transport links to east London is essential to safeguard the economy of the region.
The topic was one of a number discussed at the Thames Gateway Forum at The Indigo2 yesterday, which drew together agencies and organisations involved in developing the region flanking the river east of Canary Wharf.
Crossrail has pledged to move five million tonnes of earth via the river during its construction process.
The soil - which will be excavated during work on the £16billion London rail link - will be used in landscaping projects such as a 1,500-acre nature reserve at Essex's Wallasea Island.
Redundancies in Canary Wharf and the City have eaten away at tube usage in London.
Transport for London suffered its biggest year-on-year fall in underground passengers for 20 years in August, dropping 190,000 passengers compared to the previous year.
Crossrail moved a step closer after Transport for London secured a £1billion loan to finance part of the new rail link.
The European Investment Bank has loaned the cash, which makes up 40 per cent of TfL's contribution to the project.
London mayor Boris Johnson has rounded on Tube Lines over its "unacceptable" progress in improving the Jubilee line.
In a report published today, Transport for London has also expressed "grave doubts" over the firm's ability to deliver the line's upgrade by the end of the year as agreed.
New transport minister Sadiq Khan believes Crossrail is too advanced to stop - but that the Tories could still cripple the scheme with cuts.
The Tooting MP checked on the progress of the £16billion scheme during his first official visit to Canary Wharf this morning, but was most keen to talk about whether the opposition would squeeze its budget if they assumed power.
In the early hours of the morning, 10 years ago, Sean Collins captained the first Thames Clippers service with a total of two passengers onboard.
But if he thought that was a sign of things to come, he need not have worried, as the service celebrates its anniversary today with 13 boats on the river carrying nearly three million passengers a year.
Click here for The Wharf's gallery of the Crossrail launch event.
The seed of Crossrail was planted over a century ago. It has attracted delays, debate and dreamers imagining a London network with elbow room.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown and London Mayor Boris Johnson were among the many who saw the £15.9billion project get underway in Canary Wharf today. The Wharf was there to gauge their reactions.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown hailed Crossrail "a massive economic boost for the City" as he launched the beginning of building the railway route on Friday morning.
Mr Brown was giving a speech at the East Wintergardens just yards away from where the Canary Wharf Crossrail station is due to open in 2017.
London's most important transport pipedream could be inching towards reality.
After decades of debate, construction on the £16billion east-west London link is expected officially to begin in Canary Wharf tomorrow.
"Somebody described it as like doing open heart surgery while doing the Marathon. It's a huge challenge."
Next time you are stuck on the Jubilee line remember these words of Terry Morgan, chief executive of Tube Lines.
It's nearly a decade since the arrival of the Jubilee Line brought life to the Canary Wharf estate.
But the line must now expand even further to meet the challenges of the growing hive of commuters.
Bechtel has been appointed project delivery partner for the £16billion Crossrail scheme.
The company will be responsible for overseeing the core central tunnelled section of the London rail link.
