The Lee Parish Council
HS2 OVERVIEW: 1ST MARCH 2021
CLLR RUTH FOWLER, THE LEE PC CLLR COLIN SULLY, THE LEE PC CLLR DICK CHINNERY, THE LEE PC CLLR MIKE JOHNSTONE, GT MISSENDEN PC HAYLEY FARRELLY, CLERK, THE LEE PC Presentation
HS2 in The Lee
a) The wider context – some reminders
b) The local impact: Little Missenden to Wendover (with a focus on South Heath to Rocky Lane)
c) The next few months
Q & A
With thanks to Keith Hoffmeister of the Chiltern Society for many of the aerial and ground photographs HS2: the wider context – some reminders
The timing The organisation Who’s doing what, where and when?
NOT: The wider economic case, environmental case, ecological case or political case Phase 2b: 2040? 2033 2035 - 2040
Phase 2a: earliest 2031
Phase 1: Old Oak Common: 2029 - 2033 Euston: earliest 2031 Construction of Phase 1 EKFB: Sections C2 & C3
ALIGN: Section C1
Align Section C1 Department for Transport
Ltd A company wholly-owned by DfT
‘Enabling’ works Section C1: Hillingdon to Section C2: South • Archaeology South Heath Heath to Brackley • Road works • Colne Valley viaduct • South Heath portal • Haul roads • Chiltern tunnel • Cuttings / bridges • De-vegetation • 2 x viaducts Sub-contractors • Wendover ‘tunnel’
Other MWC Rail Systems Rolling Stock • Other sections • Track • Locomotives • Stations • Signals • Carriages • Catenaries Construction working hours will be
08.00 – 18.00 Monday – Friday
08.00 – 13.00 Saturday
‘Special circumstances’ can be applied for
Up to 1 hr ‘start-up’ time
Tunnelling can be carried out 24/7 North Portal
ALIGN: Section C1
South Portal
Colne Valley Viaduct
Chiltern Tunnel: South Portal 2021 2024 EKFB: Sections C2 & C3 Little Missenden to Wendover (with a focus on South Heath to Rocky Lane)
Wendover
Little Missenden HS2: The local Chilterns Context
Wendover cut- and-cover tunnel Small Dean Viaduct Nash Lea Road & Embankments and Ellesborough ‘false’ cuttings Road bridges Black: EKFB Wendover Dean Rocky Lane valley Viaduct under-bridge Deep cuttings and 6 x bridges
Chesham Road Access Shaft (Align) Red: Align Tunnel North Portal (Align with EKFB) Little Missenden Vent Shaft (Align)
HS2 Mitigation Works in Great Missenden Following petitioning and representations to the Select Committees, GMPC secured 6 Undertakings & Assurances
Resulting in ENABLING WORKS: Buryfield House • Traffic flow – Road widening Link road roundabout shown in red
• Safety – following a risk Skate assessment for children using park the skate park Children’s • Landscaping - view from the village play area
• Replacement of parking spaces lost on the Link Road
19 View of the Link Road roundabout Safety: from the skate park vehicle containment kerbs & safety bollards
Landscaping: semi-mature trees & hedgerows
20 The Buryfield, Great Missenden
semi mature trees
C of E Combined School playing field
New ramp to Beech play area hedgerow 22 more car parking spaces as lost 11 spaces on the Link Road
HS2 mititgation works In Great Missenden has finished at last … started 20 July 2020 Next impact: C of E combined school to build a coach turning facility 21 The Haul Road: Built to take construction materials up to the line (the trace) and so keeping them off the A413 and off the hilltop rural lanes
To revert to grassland in April 2021 not into another compound
To become a security gatehouse
Link Rd
Roundabout22 Courtesy of Karl Neilson Buryfield House 23 Chesham Road Intervention Shaft continued
1) Entrance: Further vegetation clearance stopped as the extended footways terminate at a post and rail fence. The site plan has been updated
2) Bellmouth to be built from March to end of April 2021 as at February 22nd 2021
3) IMPACT: Traffic Management is to be a signalised priority junction. ie. free flow with marshalls to operate traffic lights when an HGV arrives
Key: 2-way Traffic Lights
4) Main work could start in November 2021 no traffic lights The LeeNorth Portal to the Chiltern Tunnel
Mulberry Park Hill
Weights & Measures
Photo courtesy of Keith Hofmeister, Chiltern Society North Portal to the Chiltern Tunnel South Heath Frith Hill
Construction compounds Haul Road
Mulberry Park Hill Park Hill mitigation area
Park Hill mitigation area: ponds, reptile basking areas and a bat house North Portal to the Chiltern Tunnel
Preliminary design
Visualisations HS2: coming months… south of The Lee
Little Missenden Vent Shaft Access and site set-up; decisions on access; planning application for design Chesham Road Intervention Shaft Access and site set-up; community events on design/access; planning application Gt Missenden Link Road landscaping / A413 street lighting (by March) Bat house construction Near Potter Row (by Spring) Start construction of the Internal Access Road (IAR) Bulk earthworks begin On The Lee doorstep…
Internal Access Road (Yellow Brick Road)
Leather Lane overbridge
TLE/2 overbridge; looking North towards Bowood Lane
HS2: coming months… local
Construction of Internal Access Road (IAR) Bulk earthworks begin Vegetation clearance via Haul Road, IAR, Bowood Lane South Heath to Rocky Lane (by Summer; subject to ecology) Utility Trial holes – short-term closures Leather Lane; Bowood Lane; Rocky Lane (dates t.b.c.) IAR crossings at Rocky Lane, Bowood Lane & Leather Lane Day & Night road closures for three weeks (dates t.b.c.) Temporary footpath closures and some re-routing GM 12,13; WEN 36-40; TLE 2,3,5 for IAR works (dates t.b.c.) Grims Ditch / Leather Lane archaeology work via Kings Lane (by end of Spring) Tree planting and soil translocation near and at JHW (by Summer; subject to ecology) North of The Lee
HS2: coming months… north of The Lee
Rocky Lane & Bowood Lane archaeology work (by end of Spring) Small Dean night works (Network Rail) De-vegetation & ground preparation (subject to ecology) Setting-up compounds and access at Grove Farm; new access off A413 London Road at Road Barn Farm; also Bacombe Lane; Nash Lee Lane Vegetation clearance Small Dean to Wendover North (subject to ecology) Set up concrete batching plant at Grove Farm (testing in April)
HS2: Construction impacts on The Lee
. Ecological and Environmental impacts . Loss of agricultural land – ‘long-term’
. Traffic congestion – A413 gets worse . Use of hilltop lanes – need to minimise the use . Knock-on effects – on narrow lanes . Footpaths – (temporary) closures and diversions
. Fractured communities
HS2 Community & Environment Fund HS2 Business & Local Economy Fund Bucks HS2 Road Safety Fund Useful contacts
HS2 local information www.hs2inyourarea.co.uk HS2 Helpdesk: 08081 434 434 / [email protected] / www.hs2.org.uk / FREEPOST, HS2 Community Engagement (Local Community Engagement Managers: Fusion / Align / EKFB) HS2 complaints: www.hs2.org.uk/how-to-complain HS2 Jobs: www.hs2.org.uk/careers/careers-with-our-supply-chain/jobs HS2 Supply Chain: www.competefor.com/hs2/ www.hs2inyourarea.co.uk
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