HS2 Works Notification: Footpath closures, Preston Bissett and Twyford, September update
Work item: HS2-MW-EK-Ph1-Ar-Ce-C1-Traf-35-09/07/2022
Work Item Summary
- Project Phase
- Phase 1
- Region
- Buckinghamshire
- Location
- Preston Bissett, Twyford
- Contractor
- EKFB JV
- Type of works
- Construction, Footpath closures, Haul road construction, Works affecting Public Rights of Way
- Estimated Start Date
- 18/04/2022
- Estimated End Date
- 30/04/2026
What we are doing
During Spring 2022, we temporarily closed and diverted footpaths around Preston Bissett and Twyford. These closures are required for the construction of the Twyford embankment and Godington east culvert, which will allow water to pass under our site access road.
From late September, we will be starting the next phase of work, which requires us to also temporarily close a section of the Public Right of Way (PRoW) known as TWY/19. This closure is to support the creation of our flood mitigation area for HS2 and the PRoW will be closed for four years.
We continue to work hard to minimise the impact as much as possible, and through collaboration with the local community, we will be reopening a section of PBI/5(F), where it meets PBI/6, in September 2022.
Sections of the following Public Rights of Way remain closed for approximately four years:
• PBI/9
• PBI/5(F)
• PBI/6
• TWY/16
• TWY/17
• TWY/18
Signage on the PRoWs will indicate the closure area and local diversion in place.
Footpath TUW/19 will be closed, 24 hours a day, from Monday 26 September 2022, for approximately four years.
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