October 2018 | www.hs2.org.uk In your area South Cheshire A532 CREWE A53 Worleston ASAGER High Speed Two (HS2) A5078 A5020 is the new high speed aday Green railway for Britain. HS2 Ltd is the company A51 A532 A5019 responsible for Wistaston A5020 A500 arthomley developing the railway. NANTWICH Willaston Weston In November 2015 the A530 A500 M Shavinton Government confirmed Houh A51 Chorlton alterley the route for Phase 2a of Stapeley Wybunbury HS2: West Midlands to Crewe. HS2 Ltd is currently Walherton seeking Parliamentary approval to build and lakenhall Hatherton run Phase 2a. CHESHIRE EAST Checkley Hankelo Madeley Madeley Heath HS2 Phase 2a SHROPSHIRE Introduction This information has been produced by HS2 Ltd to update you on the route in South Cheshire. It includes: • a summary of the proposed route of Phase 2a in the area; • information about Additional Provision 2; • map of the route in the area; • the benefits that HS2 will bring to your area; • the Phase 2a timeline; • how to find out more about the project; and • how to get in touch with us. The route of Phase 2a from South Cheshire The details of AP2 are still being developed, and there will be The South Cheshire area covers approximately 6.6km of the other changes outside the Additional Provision process that Phase 2a main line, as well as two spurs of about 6km, passing we’ll publish for consultation at the time of the AP2 deposit. through the parishes of Checkley cum Wrinehill, Blakenhall, The changes in the South Cheshire area will include: Hough and Chorlton, and Weston and Basford, and within • a number of railway changes at Crewe, including a new the Cheshire East local authority area. The boundary between platform and an extension to the existing platform 5 at Madeley and Checkley cum Wrinehill parishes forms the Crewe Station, and a new design for the connection between boundary with the Whitmore Heath to Madeley area. HS2 and the West Coast Main Line south of Crewe; The southern extent of the South Cheshire area is predominantly • the relocation of an auto-transformer station; rural in character, with agriculture being the main land use, • a series of amendments to utilities works in the area, interspersed with small villages and a scattering of isolated “HS2 is a landmark moment including revised designs for gas and electricity diversions National College for dwellings and farmsteads. The northern extent of the area for Crewe and the region and altered connections for water supplies, sewers and High Speed Rail becomes mostly urban towards Crewe, which is a large town of as a whole. This once in a telecommunications cables; approximately 84,000 residents, with a range of services and The newly opened National lifetime opportunity will community facilities, including a railway station, the Crewe • the creation and enhancement of habitats for water voles College for High Speed trigger transformational Alexandra football stadium, shopping centres and a university in the parishes of Blakenhall, Hough and Chorlton; Rail will play a key role in change in the UK.” generating the workforce campus. Other residential areas within the South Cheshire • the realignment of a bridleway to avoid coinciding of the future, designing area include Wrinehill, Chorlton, Hough, Basford and Weston. Cllr Rachel Bailey, with a utility; Cheshire East Council and building the UK’s new The route will extend from Madeley in the south to the Crewe • the provision of a number of local placement sites for high speed rail network urban fringe in the north where it will connect with the existing excavated material that would otherwise be exported by road; and future infrastructure West Coast Main Line (WCML) via two spurs south of the A500 • a small area of additional land required for the upgrade of projects, including HS2. Shavington Bypass. The HS2 main line will then continue north a haul road; and With state-of-the-art and will provide for the future extension of the route to facilities in Birmingham Manchester as part of Phase 2b of HS2. There will be associated • a number of changes brought forward at the request of local and Doncaster, the college works to the WCML to facilitate the new connection to HS2. agricultural businesses and other stakeholders, as well as at offers courses and There will also be works at Crewe Station to allow for additional the direction of the committee of MPs considering the Bill. apprenticeships in all services running through Crewe on the WCML. elements of the rail The Additional Provision Process industry whether you’re Additional Provision 2 (AP2) Once AP2 is submitted to Parliament, people who are specially leaving school, wanting to In July 2017 the Government submitted a hybrid Bill to and directly affected by the proposals included in it will be up-skill, or take a new Parliament. The Bill sets out the proposals for Phase 2a of HS2. able to petition against them. This means they can submit an career direction. HS2 alone Since then we have developed the design, particularly in respect objection, known as a petition, setting out their concerns and is set to create 35,000 of highways and utilities, and will need to make some changes what they would like done about them. They – or a representative new jobs, including 2,000 to the Bill to reflect these. Changes are also proposed in response – can then present the petition to a special committee of MPs apprenticeships, and to requests made by affected parties and the select committee (the Select Committee). The petitioning period will start after careers in this industry of MPs hearing petitions against the Bill. AP2 is deposited in Parliament. are set to become increasingly sought after. We have already sought to make changes to the Bill through People will also have the opportunity to respond to a public an Additional Provision, which we submitted in March 2018. consultation on the environmental impacts of the proposals. If you would like further information, or to apply, We are now seeking to make further changes through a second It will be for the Select Committee to decide whether the visit the college website Additional Provision (AP2), which we expect to submit later this proposals in AP2 should be adopted. year or early next year. AP2 will not change the route of HS2. www.nchsr.ac.uk You can call the college on 0330 120 0375 or email on [email protected] This map shows the route of HS2 through the community area. However, it does not include emerging design details. To see more detailed maps, please visit www.gov.uk/government/ collections/high-speed-rail-west- midlands-to-crewe-bill HS2 Ltd accept no responsibility for any circumstances, which arise from Legend LEEDS the reproduction of this map after alteration, amendment MANCHESTER or abbreviation or if it issued in part or issued incomplete in any way. 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Only an official copy of a title plan or register obtained from the Land Registry may Viaduct Published HS2-HS2-GI-MAP-A000-000003 11/09/18 be used for legal or other official purposes. © Crown Copyright Ordnance Survey. LONDON Doc Number: Date: What is HS2? The Select Committee published reports of its findings and The Phase 2a Timeline HS2 is the largest infrastructure project in Europe and will be recommendations on 24 May and 23 July this year. The next the most advanced railway ever built in the UK. It is a catalyst stage includes updating the proposals for the new railway, 2013 – Initial route for growth – revitalising the country, creating new opportunities following further design work. The final step will be formal investigations approval by the Queen to make the Bill into an Act of Parliament for jobs and skills, regenerating towns and cities, and bringing We undertook formal – a process known as Royal Assent – which we expect to achieve the nation closer together. It will increase capacity on our consultations to in late 2019. You can find more information about plans for railways and improve connectivity between eight of Britain’s understand your views Phase 2a of the railway at www.gov.uk/government/ ten biggest cities. It will run between London and Birmingham and looked at how the collections/high-speed-rail-west-midlandsto-crewe-bill (Phase One) from 2026, extend to Crewe (Phase 2a) by 2027 environment might be and then link to Manchester, Leeds and further north from affected by our plans. 2033 (Phase 2b). Once completed, HS2 services will travel to Some of the benefits of HS2 over 25 stations and serve 30 million people across Britain. Information Papers • It improves journey times between London, Manchester 2015 – Route confirmed HS2 Ltd has published a and the North West, which show strong demand for long We finalised the Why do we need HS2? set of Information Papers distance travel.