Notice of extended working hours: Long Itchington Wood Tunnel (North Portal)
Work item: HS2-EW-BBV-Ph1-Ar-No-N1-Prog-works-11-05/01/2021
Work Item Summary
- Project Phase
- Phase 1
- Region
- Warwickshire, West Midlands
- Location
- Long Itchington Compound
- Contractor
- BBV JV
- Type of works
- Tunnelling
- Estimated Start Date
- 27/09/2021
- Estimated End Date
- 30/09/2022
What we are doing
Consent for an extension to our core working hours to working 24 hours a day seven days a week had been granted. This consent has now been extended until 30 September 2022.
Operational works at Balfour Beatty Vinci’s North Portal are progressing well. These works relate mainly to tunnelling activities. The required consent will be reviewed nearer this date and the outcome of this will be communicated to the community at the earliest opportunity.
The extension to core working hours has been granted by the relevant local authority under Section 61 of the Control of Pollution Act 1974.
Once started, the tunnel boring machine needs to work continuously. Hence, this extension to core working hours will enable us to undertake core tunnelling activities without stopping. The level of likely impact of these activities is low. Consent extensions are essential for the duration of tunnelling activities which, as it stands, are set to continue until 2024.
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