Adelaide Road ground anchors factsheet

What we are doing

What are ground anchors?
Ground anchors are lightweight, corrosive resistant rods or cables installed into the ground to hold, restrain, and support buildings, civil engineering works and other structures, either permanently or temporarily.

The ground anchors in the Adelaide Road site are up to 35 metres long and will pass beneath the footway, road, and properties from the Network Rail embankment. Anchors incrementally strengthen the ground as each anchor is installed and are carefully designed to avoid under-ground structures such as basements, foundations, and utilities.

How will they be installed?
We will drill a hole from track-side to pass through the retaining wall and beneath the street and properties. Then we will install a liner and steel reinforcement, followed by grout. We do not expect to need access to people’s homes, or to impact them, when installing the ground anchors. HS2 will leave the anchors in place permanently but once main works in Euston Approaches is finished, the tension in anchors will be released so they can be cut if needed. Anchors will not be visible.

Where will they be located?
The anchors at our Adelaide Road site will pass beneath the footway, road, and properties from Network Rail embankment area to the northern side of Adelaide Road and eastern side of the Nature Reserve.

Our working hours
Our working hours are Mondays to Fridays from 8am to 6pm and Saturdays from 8am to 1pm. Noise generating activities will take place during our core working hours.

How will we minimise disruption?
To help reduce disruption, we will:
 Wash the wheels of vehicles before they exit site
 Use water sprays to minimise dust on-site
 Monitor noise, dust and vibration levels throughout construction and introduce additional
mitigations, if needed
 Use noise reducing barriers
 Turn off on-site lighting outside our working hours, with the exception of security lighting
 Keep residents informed about our works

We would like to apologies in advance or any disruption or inconvenience this may cause. Every effort is being taken to ensure that this work is carried in the least impactful way, with various methods being utilised to ensure that disruption is kept to a minimum.

Speak with our community engagement team
We are holding monthly virtual one to ones where you can speak with our community engagement team. Our next virtual one to one will be on Wednesday 18 May 2022 between 3pm to 6pm. You can book a 20 minute session to speak with our Community Engagement teams about works at the Adelaide Road site at hs2.org.uk/events. The sessions will take place on Microsoft Teams.

Upcoming face-to-face information event
We will be holding a face-to-face information event in mid-May 2022 to talk about our Adelaide Road site and upcoming works this summer. We will provide more information to the community shortly.

Download information relating to these works

• Adelaide Road Factsheet

If you have a question about HS2 or our works, please contact our HS2 Helpdesk team on 08081 434 434 or email [email protected]