Surveys and vegetation clearance on Old Oak Common Lane

What we are doing

Ground investigation works will take place on Old Oak Common Lane from 14 June 2021 for one week

To help us design the structures we are building including bridges, we need to carry out ground investigation surveys. The works should be completed within seven days. Our working hours will be 8am to 6pm Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays.

We will be clearing vegetation on the Old Oak Common Station Site from 21 June 2021 for one month

This needs to be done so that surveys can take place and help us move utilities and design parts of the future station. Our ecologists have been completing inspections of the site areas in advance of the works starting, and all work will be carried out under a watching brief by an ecologist. These works will take up to one month to complete, and our working hours will be 8am to 6pm Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays.

We will be setting up temporary traffic management
As the survey work is being carried out along Old Oak Common Lane, we will need to set up additional temporary traffic management to make it safe for us to work. This will include lane and pavement closures. We will also need to suspend bus stops and close the pavement while we are clearing vegetation. Further details of this traffic management are included in the maps on the following pages.

We are drilling boreholes digging pits into the ground
We will use a drilling machine to take core samples of the earth and record the ground conditions. We will also dig small pits in the ground and use hand-held hydraulic drills.

You may experience a slight increase in noise during ground investigation works
The drilling machines have a small engine which will be in operation during the works and will produce some low level noise. Some intermittent noise may also be experienced when we undertake soil tests and core drilling however, this won’t usually last for more than an hour at a time. We will use acoustic barriers around our larger drilling to help reduce the noise.

We will install a temporary work site around the land that we are surveying
This will consist of temporary fencing and/or hoardings. We’ll build this temporary site to make sure that we are working as safely as possible. Once we have completed the work, we will ensure that the land is left in the same condition as when we found it.

We will need to deliver the drilling machines and equipment to the works site
We will deliver our equipment to the ground investigation working areas and store it securely in the worksite. This may cause some minor delays to traffic when we are towing the drilling rig to and from the site at the beginning and end of the works and accessing the worksite at the beginning and end of each shift with our vans.

Virtual one-to-one events
We will be continuing our virtual one-to-one sessions with the community throughout the second half of 2021 on the below dates:
• Wednesday 30 June, 3pm to 6pm
• Wednesday 28 July, 3pm to 6pm
• Wednesday 25 August, 3pm to 6pm
• Wednesday 29 September, 3pm to 6pm
• Wednesday 27 October, 3pm to 6pm
• Wednesday 24 November, 3pm to 6pm
Further information on the topics featured and how to register can be found at www.hs2inoldoak.co.uk

Download information relating to these works

• Surveys and vegetation clearance on Old Oak Common Lane

If you have a question about HS2 or our works, please contact our HS2 Helpdesk team on 08081 434 434 or email [email protected]