{"id":2911,"date":"2025-11-14T15:49:40","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T15:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/?p=2911"},"modified":"2025-11-15T09:59:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T09:59:38","slug":"why-was-the-rts-removed-from-pi-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/?p=2911","title":{"rendered":"Why was the RTS removed from PI website"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">For years &#8211; the River Thames Scheme (RTS) has been shown as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (in the pre-application stage) on <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/national-infrastructure-consenting.planninginspectorate.gov.uk\/project-search\">the Planning Inspectorate (PI) web site.<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 The EA has now spent over \u00a3100m on RTS project development.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Today &#8211; it appears the RTS is no longer shown on the PI web site<\/span>.<\/b>\u00a0 After repeated searches, I asked the PI to please explain why the RTS is no longer shown on the their web site.\u00a0 The PI confirmed that <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">the RTS is not listed on the PI website because it appears that somebody has not paid the bill<\/span><\/strong>.<\/div>\n<div>What do I say?\u00a0 \u00a0Comments welcome.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">\n<div data-test='contact-form'\n\t\t\tid='contact-form-2911'\n\t\t\tclass='jetpack-contact-form-container '\n\t\t\tdata-wp-interactive='jetpack\/form' 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