Update: Tunnel segment deliveries to West Ruislip 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

What we are doing

What we are doing
We wrote to you recently to let you know about the launch of the newly assembled Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) at the West Ruislip Portal site.

Both TBMs have now launched and are working their way towards Greenpark Way (Ealing), which we expect them to reach in June 2024.

Update
With the TBMs now fully operational, we need to increase the deliveries of tunnel segments to the West Ruislip site. This will mean deliveries at night as well as during the day from Thursday 10 November onwards.

You may hear some different noises from our site as a result of these activities, but we will ensure that we adhere to the agreed hours, noise and vibration limits set by the London Borough of Hillingdon.
More information and the area of activity is shown on the map overleaf.

Tunnel segments
Each TBM operates as a self-contained underground factory – digging the tunnel, lining it with concrete wall segments and putting them into place. The segments are initially being delivered by road and stored on site. Two gantry cranes then lift the segments onto the multipurpose service vehicles which will move segments to the TBM. Initially the segments were being delivered to site during core working hours, however, these deliveries now need to extend to twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.

You may notice different types of noise during these works.

We would like to apologise in advance for any disruption or inconvenience this may cause. Every effort is being taken to ensure that these works are carried out in the least impactful way to ensure that disruption is kept to a minimum.

Download information relating to these works

• Update: Tunnel segment deliveries to West Ruislip 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

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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]