TERMS OF REFERENCE & MEMBERSHIP OF THE WORKING GROUP

Terms of reference & objectives

Membership of the working group

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TERMS OF REFERENCE & MEMBERSHIP OF THE WORKING GROUP

Terms of reference & objectives:

Our original terms of reference were to ‘investigate the implications of increasing river traffic by the introduction of a pontoon for increasing the number of visitors to Twickenham arriving by boat.'

The practicalities implicit in these terms required the working group to consider the attractiveness of the Twickenham riverside to potential tourists, and local people, and the facilities that both groups could expect to find there.

Consequently we have focussed our attention on four manageable objectives:

• To identify and evaluate ways in which a development on the pool site could stimulate and/or resonate with the river and riverside activities and lifestyles.

• To identify threats to the riverside community arising from the proposed development, and suggest ways in which these might be resolved.

• To make clear the practicalities underlying any proposal.

• To record the scope and extent of current river-based activities. (See appendix 2)

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Membership of the working group (see also appendix 3)

Members have a wide range of skills and experience in:

Building boats and pontoons, owning and managing small businesses, operating boat services, recreational boating, management of tourism, town centres, the environment and large business, town planning, urban design and strategic planning, local history and television programme making.

Members live and work throughout the Borough.

The common bond is their belief that an active, dynamic and vibrant river and riverside are essential to the regeneration of Twickenham, because it forms part of a long tradition - and it reflects a growing mood in Britain for the Continental style of relaxing outdoors and enjoying lively, open spaces.

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