Notice of environmental work and temporary closure on Heath Road, Whitmore
Work item: HS2-EW-BB-Ph2A-Prog-works-27-31/05/2022
Work Item Summary
- Project Phase
- Phase 2a
- Region
- Staffordshire
- Location
- Whitmore
- Worksite Name
- Whitmore
- Contractor
- Balfour Beatty
- Type of works
- Early Environmental Works
- Estimated Start Date
- 25/08/2022
- Estimated End Date
- 07/11/2022
What we are doing
As part of our early environmental works, we will establish critical environmental and species relocation sites creating new habitats for local wildlife before any main work starts.
We will be creating various ecological habitats on land off Heath Road. Once complete, the habitats will be ready to receive sensitive species, like Great Crested Newts from other sites.
Before we start to construct the habitat areas, we need to excavate some archaeological trial trenches. These are to help us understand if there are any archaeological features or natural geological deposits that we need to be aware of before we start any other work. We will use a mechanical excavator to dig the trenches. To get this excavator in and out of the site safely, we need to temporarily close a small section of Heath Road for 15 minutes.
We will put the temporary closures in place on Thursday 25 August and Monday 29 August, they will only be in place for 15 minutes at some point during the day.
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