Tunnel Segment deliveries by road
Work item: HS2-EW-SCS-Ph1-Ar-So-S2-Traf-1-07/02/2024
Work Item Summary
- Project Phase
- Phase 1
- Region
- Hillingdon
- Location
- Hillingdon
- Worksite Name
- West Ruislip
- Contractor
- SCS JV
- Type of works
- Tunnel segment delivery
- Estimated Start Date
- 05/02/2024
- Estimated End Date
- 05/03/2024
What we are doing
What we are doing
We are writing to inform you about changes to the delivery of tunnel segments for the HS2 tunnelling works in Hillingdon. We will need to deliver some segments to West Ruislip by road from
Monday 5 February using our approved lorry routes.
The majority of tunnel segments will still be delivered overnight by rail; however, the need for a supplementary delivery method has arisen due to:
• Ongoing rail strikes continuing to disrupt overnight
segment deliveries needed to support tunnelling activities.
• Network Rail capacity constraints limiting night-time tunnel
segment deliveries to a maximum of five deliveries per
week; and
• The Tunnel Boring Machine tunnelling rates increasing
from 15 to 22 metres a day which requires an increased
daily supply of segments.
How these works might affect you
There will be no greater than 24 HGV movements per day for segment deliveries which will be included in the existing limit of 550 lorry movements per day.
Tunnel segment deliveries will take place during core working hours (Monday-Friday 8am-6pm, Saturday 8am -1pm), however, the trial is to include six lorry movements per day outside of core hours (Monday-Friday 6pm-10pm, Saturdays 1pm-10pm).
We would like to apologise for any disruption or inconvenience these deliveries may cause. Every effort is being taken to ensure that these deliveries are conducted in the least impactful way. We will ensure that disruption is kept to a minimum.
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If you have a question about HS2 or our works, please contact our HS2 Helpdesk team on 08081 434 434 or email [email protected]