Notice of temporary obstruction on Bent Lane Whitmore
Work item: HS2-EW-BB-Ph2A-Prog-works-42-01/11/2023
Work Item Summary
- Project Phase
- Phase 2a
- Region
- Staffordshire
- Location
- Bent Lane
- Worksite Name
- Bent Lane
- Contractor
- Balfour Beatty
- Type of works
- Ecological surveys, Vegetation maintenance
- Estimated Start Date
- 20/11/2023
- Estimated End Date
- 24/11/2023
What we are doing
On 4 October 2023, the Prime Minister announced that the Government proposes to deliver a broad range of transport initiatives in place of investing in Phase Two of HS2. This means that HS2 Ltd is not undertaking any ‘new’ work to progress plans for Phase 2a of the project and is working with Government to agree the next steps on this phase of the project.
The activity described below is needed either to finish work on an existing site, for the ongoing maintenance of a site, or for health, safety and security reasons:
As part of our early environmental works, we are undertaking ecological surveys and roadside hedgerow maintenance on Bent Lane. These works are required to maintain safe line of sight for road traffic.
Balfour Beatty will be using a tractor and hedgerow flail, as well as manual working with hand tools near any sensitive ecological receptors. This will form part of regular hedgerow maintenance within the wider area.
We will need to install short duration road closures on Bent Lane, to manage the safe movement of the vehicles and people needed to carry out the hedgerow maintenance. Although we will be permitted to hold any vehicles approaching the closure for up to 15 minutes, our operatives will endeavour to open the road in a safe manner as soon as practicable.
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