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Proposal for Northern Extension of Northolt Tunnel SIFT Report C222-ATK-DS-REP-020-000034 |P06 | 27 Feb 2015 Proposal for Northern Extension of Northolt Tunnel SIFT Report Revision Date Issued for/Revision details Revised by P01 13.06.2014 Issued for review HSF Review and update to include P02 30.01.2015 SS HS2 comments Updated to include comments P03 24.02.2015 AR and Rail Systems info P04 26.02.2015 Updated following review AR P05 27.02.2015 Updated for final review AR P06 02.03.2015 Final AR Name Data FOI / EIR None Document type Report Directorate London West Midlands WBS B320 & PE.06.57 Keywords Colne Valley Viaduct, Northolt Tunnel, River Colne Authors H S Farrant Checker Roger Weber Accepted Approver Andy Robson - Owner C222 Atkins 1 Review Directorate LWM TD Employer’s Lead Reviewer Neil Cowie Authorised for use `Code Uncontrolled when printed INTERNAL INFORMATION Northern Extension of Northolt Tunnel SIFT Report London West Midlands Northolt Tunnel Extension - SIFT Report Contents Page number 1. Executive Summary ................................................................................................... 5 2. Introduction ............................................................................................................... 6 3. Scope of the Sift ......................................................................................................... 8 4. Assumptions .............................................................................................................. 9 4.1 General .................................................................................................................. 9 4.2 Applicable Safety Standards ............................................................................... 10 5. Constraints and Issues ............................................................................................. 12 5.1 Study Area ........................................................................................................... 12 5.2 Site Constraints ................................................................................................... 12 5.3 Environmental Constraints ................................................................................. 13 5.4 Land and Property Constraints ........................................................................... 13 5.5 Engineering Construction .................................................................................... 13 5.6 Rail Systems Construction ................................................................................... 14 6. Option Description ................................................................................................... 15 6.1 General ................................................................................................................ 15 6.2 Intervention Gap Development .......................................................................... 15 6.3 Provision for Heathrow Spurs - General ............................................................. 17 6.4 Development of Railhead Location - General ..................................................... 19 6.5 Development of Intervention Shaft Locations - General .................................... 21 6.6 Impact on Rail Systems ....................................................................................... 25 6.7 Northolt Tunnel Construction and Logistics - GeneralAccepted ....................................... 30 6.8 Impact on Northolt Tunnel Construction - General- ............................................ 32 6.9 Option A (Proposed Scheme) – Hybrid Bill ......................................................... 33 6.10 Option B – Tunnelled Option with Passive Heathrow1 Spur Provision ................ 34 6.11 Option C – Tunnelled Option without Passive Heathrow Spur Provision ........... 35 7. Comparison of Options ............................................................................................ 36 7.1 Construction Costs .............................................................................................. 36 7.2 Programme Impacts ............................................................................................`Code 37 Northern Extension of Northolt Tunnel SIFT 2 Uncontrolled when printed Report C222-ATK-DS-REP-020-000034 Revision – P06 INTERNAL INFORMATION Uncontrolled when printed INTERNAL INFORMATION Northern Extension of Northolt Tunnel SIFT Report 7.3 Excavated Material ............................................................................................. 38 7.4 Utility Diversions ................................................................................................. 39 7.5 Environmental Impacts ....................................................................................... 40 8. Evaluation against Assessment Criteria .................................................................... 42 9. Environmental Appraisal Template .......................................................................... 44 10. Level of SIFT ............................................................................................................. 57 11. Summary and Recommendations ............................................................................ 57 Appendix A Options Drawings .......................................................................................... 59 A.1 C222-ATK-CV-DPP-020-000001 ........................................................................... 59 A.2 C222-ATK-TN-DSK-020-990400 ........................................................................... 59 A.3 C222-ATK-TN-DSK-020-000340 ........................................................................... 59 A.4 C222-ATK-TN-DSK-020-000341 ........................................................................... 59 A.5 C222-ATK-RT-DSK-020-011303 ........................................................................... 59 A.6 C222-ATK-RT-DSK-020-011304 ........................................................................... 59 A.7 C222-ATK-RT-DSK-020-011305 ........................................................................... 59 A.8 C222-ATK-RT-DSK-020-011306 ........................................................................... 59 Accepted - 1 `Code Northern Extension of Northolt Tunnel SIFT 3 Uncontrolled when printed Report C222-ATK-DS-REP-020-000034 Revision – P06 Uncontrolled when printed INTERNAL INFORMATION Northern Extension of Northolt Tunnel SIFT Report List of figures Figure 2.1 Provision for Heathrow Spur .................................................................................................. 7 Figure 5.1 Location Plan ........................................................................................................................ 14 Figure 6.1 Railhead Location west of Harvil Road ................................................................................. 23 Figure 6.2 Turnout Chamber ................................................................................................................. 24 Figure 6.3 Shaft Locations ..................................................................................................................... 26 Figure 6.4 Shaft E1 ................................................................................................................................. 26 Figure 6.5 Shaft E2 ................................................................................................................................. 27 List of tables Table 4.1 Deign Criteria ......................................................................................................................... 10 Table 4.2 Key References ...................................................................................................................... 12 Table 6.1 Initial Proposed Shaft Locations ............................................................................................ 25 Table 6.2 Journey Time Assessment Results……………………………………………………………………………………..28 Table 7.1 Colne Valley Tunnel Costs………………………………………………………………………………………………….33 Table 7.2 Excavated Materials………………………………………………………………………………………..………………..37 Table 8.1 Northern Extension of Northolt Tunnel Engineering Appraisal SIFT Assessment Table ....... 39 Table 9.1 Northern Extension of Northolt Tunnel Environmental Appraisal SIFT Assessment Table ... 41 List of acronyms DP Delivery Partner EIR Environmental Information Request FOI Freedom of Information PSC Professional Services Consultant PSF Professional Service Framework References Accepted Title Reference - HS2 Project dictionary HS2-HS2-PM1- GDE-000-000001 Style guide HS2-HS2-CO-GDE-000-000001 HS2 – Route Development Appraisal Template HS2-HS2-SA-TEM-000-000004 rev. P02 HS2 Route Development Procedure HS2-HS2-SA-PRO-000-000007 rev. P04 `Code Northern Extension of Northolt Tunnel SIFT 4 Uncontrolled when printed Report C222-ATK-DS-REP-020-000034 Revision – P06 Uncontrolled when printed INTERNAL INFORMATION Northern Extension of Northolt Tunnel SIFT Report 1 Executive Summary 1.1.1 The options for extending the Northolt Tunnel reviewed in this report are similar to the options proposed on behalf of London Borough of Hillingdon (LBH) and described in their report titled ‘HS2 Tunnel Extension: Reducing the Environmental, Social and Economic Burden in Hillingdon’ published in December 2014. An engineering review has been undertaken of the LBH options and are reported in a separate report. 1.1.2 This document presents an engineering review of an alternative
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