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Update of utility works on Gower Street, Gower Place and

High Speed Two (HS2) is the new high speed railway for Britain. April 2021 | www.hs2.org.uk Summary of works We are continually reviewing the works on our construction sites in line with Government and Public Health England advice on dealing with Working hours: COVID-19. The Government’s strategy makes it clear construction activity Mon to Fri 8am– can continue, as long as it complies with this guidance. Please be assured 6pm; Sat 8am–1pm that only sites that can operate within the guidelines are operational. All sites remain under constant review. You can sign up for regular updates in your local area at www.HS2inCamden.co.uk. What to expect The programme of utility works to the west side of Euston Station includes the laying of electrical power connection ducts and BT telecommunication • Gower Place to remain ducts via North Gower Street across Euston Road, Gower Street and Gower open for Emergency Place finishing at Gordon Street. It also includes laying new Verizon ducts services. starting at Euston Road, through Gower Place, Endsleigh Gardens and • Traffic management finishing at Upper . around work sites and in At each location of works parking and loading bays will be suspended. surrounding roads. Pedestrian access will be maintained. The initial digging of the road will be the noisiest activity, although this will be intermittent and not continuous. • Loading and parking bay We will put up screening clad with acoustic panels to reduce noise. suspensions. We might use a vacuum excavator, which is a safer and faster way of • Pedestrian access will be working, as it sucks up material to expose buried utility services without risk maintained during the of damaging the cables or pipework below. This is a noisier method, and we works. erect acoustic barriers around the machine, however a lot of the noise would be sent vertically, when the machine is running. We apologise in advance for Euston Road: inconvenience this might cause. Utility supplies and other services will not be affected by these works. • Works across Euston Road from North Gower Euston Road Street to Gower Street We are continuing to lay communication and electrical ducts across Euston until end May. Road from North Gower Street to Gower Street in phases until end May. We • Euston Road Westbound are in final phase until 18 April before we start works in the junction with slip to be closed with Gower Street. diversion route. From 19th April 2021 until end May, the west bound slip road from Kings Cross towards University College Hospital will be closed. Access will be maintained only for emergency services and patient transport vehicles via Gower Place. Traffic diversion signs will be in place for all other vehicles.

To speed up the completion date, weekend works will be in operation.

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

Call our HS2 Helpdesk team on 08081 434 434

Ref: HS2-EW-CSJV-Ph1-Ca-S1-Traf-20-15/04/2021 Notification

Gower Place and Gordon Street Gower Place: Gower Place remains closed between Gower Court and Gordon Street and • Works to complete by 18 we are carrying out works in the west side of Gordon Street. April We maintain vehicular access for the , UCL building, emergency vehicles and patient transport to University College Hospital. • Access via Gower Street

The footpath remains open. We intend to complete the work and reopen Gower Place and Gordon Street junction by 18 April prior the closure of Gower Street. Gower Street from 19 April to end May: Gower Street closure • Vehicular access only for From 19 April to the end of May works will continue on Gower Street at the emergency services junction with Euston Road. The Euston Road slip road will be closed. • Patient Ambulance We have worked with and Camden Council to plan the access/Drop Off closure and traffic diversion route. • No Entry signs in place Traffic diversion route to follow Euston Road – Upper Woburn Place - at the junction with Woburn Place - Place – – – Bloomsbury Street – Gower Street – Grafton Way Gower Street Access for emergency services and patient transport vehicles will be Gordon Street maintained as following: • Access only for emergency services via Euston Road eastbound slip road • Works currently paused – Gower Street until further notice. • Access from east via Endsleigh Gardens – Gower Place • Access from west via – Beaumont Place or University Street • Non-emergency vehicles to follow diversion signs: ‘For patient access to hospital please follow’. Please follow Euston Road – Upper Woburn Place - Great Russel Street – Bloomsbury Street – Grafton Way. During this closure, all buses will be diverted westbound towards the Euston underpass and the bus stops (W and Y) outside of the hospital will be temporarily suspended. The nearest bus stop P (Euston Square Station) will be temporarily relocated further east on Euston Road; for southbound please use bus stop N (Caper Street) in Tottenham Court Road. A specific notice will be displayed at each bus stop regarding each bus diversion route Bus diversion route Euston Road – – Osnaburgh Terrace – Euston Road and returning towards Kings Cross.

Contact our HS2 Helpdesk team on 08081 434 434

Ref: HS2-EW-CSJV-Ph1-Ca-S1-Traf-20-15/04/2021 Notification Map of utility works to the west of Euston Station April – June 2021 April 2021 | www.hs2.org.uk

Two-way traffic Current works Planned works One-way direction

Please be aware the dates of works are indicative and may change as the works progress. We will continue to notify of further works in the area in due course. Please sign up to receive updates at www.hs2inCamden.co.uk . Visit our ‘Works in your area’ page at HS2inCamden.co.uk for the latest updates on works in the Camden

Construction look ahead. More about HS2’s upcoming works can be found in our recent Winter 2020 Construction Look Ahead, which you can find at www.HS2inCamden.co.uk. We will be publishing these look a heads every three months to keep you updated about HS2 associated works in Camden.

Noise insulation. In certain circumstances, where noise from the construction of HS2 is likely to impact homes, HS2 Ltd may offer to install noise insulation. In order to find out if your home is eligible and find out more about the support available, please visit the dedicated Noise Insulation section of www.HS2inCamden.co.uk or call our Helpdesk.

Contact our HS2 Helpdesk team on 08081 434 434

Ref: HS2-EW-CSJV-Ph1-Ca-S1-Traf-20-15/04/2021 Notification Approved Diversion Route for University College Hospital April 2021 | www.hs2.org.uk

Contact our HS2 Helpdesk team on 08081 434 434

Ref: HS2-EW-CSJV-Ph1-Ca-S1-Traf-20-15/04/2021

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Reference number: Ref: HS2-EW-CSJV-Ph1-Ca-S1-Traf-20-15/04/2021