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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.

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.

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.