HS2 update: Harvil Road closure cancelled

Cancelled Harvil Road Night Time Road Closures

2 Nights (10pm to 5am) Sat 11/07 & Sun 12/07  

The works that required the Night Time Closure of Harvil Road for 2 Nights this weekend have now been cancelled by HS2/SCS as it has found an alternative method of working that allows for the road to remain open while it carries materials to the track below for Railway Possession works. There are currently no plans to reschedule these works.

BRS closure

Location: BREAKSPEAR ROAD SOUTH
Reference: KL337MNDEMERGENCY-060726
Status: Works In Progress
Works owner: NET, 08457 11 41 41
Street authority: LONDON BOROUGH OF HILLINGDON
Start date: 06/07/2026
End date: 13/07/2026
Description:
Following a bridge strike, the brickwork has become unsafe for the passage of vehicles beneath the structure.
The works will include the removal of loose brickwork, the installation of temporary support to the affected masonry, and the reinstatement of the structure to a safe condition

HS2 update: Harvil Road closure

From HS2

HS2 Works Notification: Full weekend night time road closure on Harvil Road – 11 to 12 July 2026  

We previously wrote to you to let you know that the work dates on 23 and 24 May 2026 had been postponed. 

The new dates have been confirmed.

Harvil Road will be closed between Saturday 11 July 10pm to 5am and Sunday 12 July 10pm to 5am.

Vehicles will be diverted along Harvil Road, Moorhall Road, Denham Avenue, A40 and B467 Swakeleys Road.   

For further details about these works, please follow this link. https://www.hs2.org.uk/work-items/full-weekend-nighttime-road-closure-on-harvil-road/#msdynmkt_trackingcontext=64bd2f63-da7c-40c3-9d37-606798110000

HS2 update: Harvil Road closure

From HS2

We’re writing to let you know about some planned works that we will be carrying out in your area.

HS2 Works Notification: Full weekend night time road closure on Harvil Road – 11 to 12 July 2026

We previously wrote to you to let you know that the work dates on 23 and 24 May 2026 had been postponed. 

The new dates have been confirmed. Harvil Road will be closed between Saturday 11 July 10pm to 5am and Sunday 12 July 10pm to 5am. Vehicles will be diverted along Harvil Road, Moorhall Road, Denham Avenue, A40 and B467 Swakeleys Road.  For further details about these works, please follow this link.

HS2 update

Dews Lane / Harvil Road Junction – 3-Way Traffic Lights
Sheet Piling works at West Ruislip Portal for Ickenham Stream Diversion
HS2 Community Drop-In Event in Ickenham
Harvil Road Night Time Road Closures


Dews Lane / Harvil Road Junction – 3-Way Traffic Lights – Wed 03/06 to Tue 23/06 (9.30am to 3.30pm only) 
HS2/Align have started works to facilitate the permanent design of the junction of Dews Lane with Harvil Road, and to remove the fixed Traffic Lights at the current junction, with 3-Way Temporary Traffic Lights installed at this junction between Wed 03/06 to Tue 23/06. 
The Temporary Traffic Lights will only be operational Mon to Fri and only between 9.30am & 3.30pm to try and keep traffic disruption to a minimum during the rush hours peaks in early morning and afternoon. Outside of these working hours there will be no Temporary Traffic Lights in place. 
These works are to install the Bellmouth to the permanent design (as approved under Schedule 4 Highways Consent), including narrowing along parts of Dews Lane, the installation of new kerbing and the removal of the fixed Traffic Lights at the junction with Harvil Road.
 
Sheet Piling works at West Ruislip Portal for Ickenham Stream Diversion – Mon 22/06 to Sat 29/08 
HS2/SCS will be carrying out several activities at the West Ruislip Portal Site to facilitate the permanent Ickenham Stream Diversion over the coming months, beginning with installing Sheet Piles between 22/06 and 29/08 between the Network Rail Line and the Golf Course (adjacent to The Greenway). 
These Piling works are expected to be noisy at times so will be confined to Core Working Hours Only (Mon to Fri 8am to 6pm & Sat 8am to 1pm). 
Once these works are completed the following activities will then take place relating to the Ickenham Stream Diversion:  Excavation works (July 2026) Drainage and reinforced concrete works (August 2026) Pipework installation (September 2026) Backfilling and sheet pile removal (October 2026) Shaft construction (November 2026)  There will be further updates as the works progress and if any of these activities require outside of Core Hour Working.
 
HS2 Community Drop-In Event in Ickenham – Thur 02/07 between 4pm to 7pm 
Venue: Ickenham United Reformed Church, Swakeleys Road, Ickenham, Uxbridge UB10 8BE 
Time: Thur 02/07 between 4pm to 7pm 
HS2 Main Contractors SCS will be holding a Drop-In Event where you can talk to your local Engagement Team and Construction specialists, receive updates and discuss HS2 construction progress in Hillingdon. 
Drone footage will also be used to show how construction is progressing across all HS2 sites in Hillingdon.
Harvil Road Night Time Road Closures – 2 Nights (10pm to 5am) Sat 11/07 & Sun 12/07 
HS2/SCS will be carrying out 2 Night Time Road Closures on Harvil Road (at the new Bridge over the Chiltern Line) to allow for a crane to come in and lift the scaffolding materials down to track side so they can be erected under Railway Possessions to carry out surveys & testing to the Bridge at track level. These works were originally postponed in May 2026 and have now been rescheduled. 
The 2 Night Time Road Closures would be:  Sat 11/07 at 10pm to Sun 12/07 at 5am Sun 12/07 at 10pm to Mon 13/07 at 5am  
 

Our Festival Quiz winner

We are pleased to announce that the winner over of the over 18 prize for the Festival Quiz was Olivia Jones. Well done Olivia !

Unfortunately we have not identified our under 18 winner as some participants forgot to add their their contact details or age to their name on their entry form.    If you are under 18 and entered our picture quiz it could be you ! ………

Send through the name on your form and confirm your age to the following email address:
ickenhamresidents@hotmail.com and we will be in touch with the under 18 entrant with the highest score.
   

Ickenham Road closure: reminder from LBH

Hillingdon Council gives notice that to enable the replacement of gas mains to
be carried out by Cadent Gas and to prevent the likelihood of danger to the
public it made this Order, which will temporarily close Ickenham Road, Ruislip,
from the junction of High Street to the junction of Church Avenue.

2. Diversion route will be in place via High Street, Kingsend, Ickenham Road.
Westbound Closure Only

Nothing in the Order shall apply to prevent vehicular access to premises on or
adjacent to the prohibited length of road insofar as access is reasonably
practicable without interference with the said works.

3. The temporary restriction will be in operation between 08:00hrs on the 18th July 2026 to 17:00hrs, on the 2nd August 2026 and to such extent as indicated by traffic signs prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016. Road users should assume that the closure has been put into effect only if traffic signs have been erected stating that the road has been closed and the diversion route, if necessary is in place.

4. The Order, which is proposed will come into operation on 18th July 2026, will continue in force for eighteen months or until work to which it relates is completed. However it is anticipated that the works will be completed within 15 Days.

Dated this 17 day of June 2026

Daniel Kennedy

Corporate Director of Residents Services

West Ruislip sheet piling works update

from HS2

We’re writing to let you know about some planned works that we will be carrying out at our West Ruislip Portal site.

HS2 Works Notification: Notice of sheet piling works at West Ruislip Portal site – 22 June to 29 August 2026  

From 22 June to 29 August 2026 we will carry out sheet piling works within our West Ruislip Portal site, north of the Network Rail line and south of the Ruislip Golf Course. We will work during core hours, 9am to 6pm Mondays to Fridays and 9am to 1pm Saturdays.  

We will monitor increased noise levels during the piling installation activities. We apologise for any disruption this may cause.  

After the sheet pile installation works, we will continue with the following activities that are part of the Ickenham Stream diversion:
Excavation works (July 2026)
Drainage and reinforced concrete works (August 2026)
Pipework installation (September 2026)
Backfilling and sheet pile removal (October 2026)
Shaft construction (November 2026)
We will keep you updated as the work progresses.  

For further details and copy of the notification, please follow this link.
https://www.hs2.org.uk/work-items/notice-of-sheet-piling-works-at-west-ruislip-portal-site/#msdynmkt_trackingcontext=5916298b-5c6f-4269-8f8d-ce0e0eb30200