Extended hours for TBM material storage
Work item: HS2-MW-SCS-Ph1-Ar-So-S2-Prog-works-27-13/12/2022
Work Item Summary
- Project Phase
- Phase 1
- Region
- Hillingdon
- Location
- Southern Sustainable Placement Area
- Worksite Name
- Copthall
- Contractor
- SCS JV
- Type of works
- Extended working hours, Soil removal and transportation
- Estimated Start Date
- 19/12/2022
- Estimated End Date
- 31/03/2023
What we are doing
What we are doing
Our Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) have started their journey from the West Ruislip Portal to Greenpark Way Ventilation Shaft as part of the construction of the new HS2 line linking Euston to Birmingham. They have not yet reached their full operating speed but are now producing more material as they dig.
The soil is currently being moved from our West Ruislip portal site by lorries via road. In 2023, this output will be transported by a conveyor running from the portal to our Southern Sustainable Placement Area (SSPA).
The conveyor is due to come into operation by the end of February 2023. Until then, we need to move more material away from the West Ruislip portal to allow the TBMs to continue their work. Some of this material will be temporarily stored on our sites in the local area. At present, the only way we can do this is by using lorries to transport the soil from the TBMs.
As a result, there will be additional lorry movements on roads around West Ruislip from 19 December to 31 March 2023. These additional movements will require 24/7 working starting in January 2023 to ensure that we inconvenience residents using local roads as little as possible during the day.
Please see the following pages for more information about the location and the affected roads during this period.
How these works will affect you
From 19 December 2022 to 8 January 2023, we will be extending our working hours on our site near MSD building north of the Chiltern Line railway, west of Breakspear Road South from 7am to 10pm, Monday through Saturday. This is an extension of our core working hours of 8am to 6pm Monday to Friday and 8am to 1pm on Saturdays.
From 9 January to 31 March 2023, the TBM material will be delivered 24/7 to our sites near MSD building north of the Chiltern Line railway and to Gate 1 on Harvil Road.
We will only carry out activities agreed with the London Borough of Hillingdon and will adhere to the agreed working hours, noise and vibration limits.
We would like to apologise in advance for any disruption or inconvenience this may cause. Every effort is being taken to ensure that these works are carried out in the least impactful way.
We will ensure that disruption is kept to a minimum.
Location
• North of the Chiltern Line, west of Breakspear Road South at our site at Gate 2 on Harvil Road
• South of the Copthall Covert at our site at Gate 1 on Harvil Road
Lorry Routes
• Harvil Road
• Breakspear Road South
• Ickenham Road
• Swakeleys Roundabout
Working days
• 19 to 23 December 2022
• 28 to 30 December 2022
• 3 to 8 January 2023
Working hours
• 19 December 2022 to 8 January 2023 – 7am to 10pm
• 9 January to 31 March 2023 – 24/7
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If you have a question about HS2 or our works, please contact our HS2 Helpdesk team on 08081 434 434 or email [email protected]