Dean Viaduct - • Road, Bacombe Lane – diversion enabling works (removal of A Blot On Our Landscape hedges and trees), link road to Bacombe Lane, footpath closures & diversions, new What’s the status? road junction. At press date, a Schedule 17(3) application • Small Dean Lane and A413 (incl Road (reference 21/00860/HS2) has been made Barn Farm) – network rail site clearance by HS2 Ltd to Council for (removal of trees), new road junction, the Wendover Dean Viaduct, who have A413 traffic management and general until 23 April to respond to it. Wendover Dean Viaduct - artist's impression preparation work. • Parish & Town Councillor meetings Unlike a normal planning application, they cannot Council officers to provide the necessary technical response challenges. This work has with HS2 contractors Align & EKFB. These object to it. However, the council review the meetings were held in March to share latest submission and request changes where the local been brilliantly supported by our Councillors who have raised awareness of the shortfalls information & updates; we are hoping these will environment, flood risk and amenities (including continue over the coming months. highways) are affected, where reasonably with Buckinghamshire Council executives, who • Wendover & Villages Community Board practicable. They also check that Undertakings ultimately make the response, on behalf of the community, back to EKFB. mtg – was held in March, HS2 was discussed and Assurances in the act have been met. see https://youtu.be/ctbH1Xrisxw for EKFB This is the first significant application north of the We are asking that the Council insist that HS2 presentation - the next board meeting is in June. Chiltern portal and sets a precedent for all other follow the rules set down in the Act, provide a • HS2 held limited virtual one to one sessions on up-line submissions in our area, so it’s really key. proper level of detail and make the reasonable 15 April – WHS2 are trying to persuade to hold mitigations called for which we have provided. further sessions going forwards. What’s the problem? • For more information about HS2 you can HS2 Ltd have history (for example, Hillingdon & How can you help? contact the HS2 Helpdesk team on 08081 434 recent Construction Traffic Plans) where they have If you would like to know more about HS2 plans 434 or email : [email protected]. attempted to get away with providing as little for Wendover Dean Viaduct, check out: https:// detail as possible, thus avoiding detailed scrutiny tinyurl.com/WDean Wendover HS2 necessary. Luckily, Buckinghamshire Council You can support us in two ways: by clicking on Mitigation Action Group: have rejected these planning permissions and our website www.whs2.org and signing petitions/ Doing what's right for Wendover HS2’s contractors must revert with more detailed completing our mitigation surveys and by writing planning information in order to proceed. to our Councillors www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk, Mitigating against noise, water, traffic, Unfortunately, for Wendover Dean Viaduct, to ask them to support our mitigation solutions. environmental & community damage they appear to be playing the same tricks again. What else is Significant details, in particular around noise, construction traffic impacts and drainage are happening? missing or changed from the original plans. For It’s impossible to miss all instance, noise barriers have been subtly reduced the enabling works going with the resultant increased impact of noise on around us, but here’s a disturbance, and the impact on whole areas rundown of all the works that (for example, Dunsmore) have not even been we have been made aware of: evaluated. • Nash Lee Road - concrete factory preparation, new What’s our solution? road junction, ground Partnered with Wendover Parish Council, we investigations and diversion have been supporting the Buckinghamshire enabling works. J Brown Funeral Services 23 High Street, Wendover, HP22 6DU 01296 312222 (24 Hours)

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