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HS2 works update

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New Breakspear Road South Road Closure – Fri 29/08 at 8pm until Sun 31/08 at 8pm
 
HS2/SCS have agreed with LBH that Breakspear Road South will be closed at the Chiltern Railway Bridge from Fri 29/08 at 8pm until Sun 31/08 at 8pm while the Conveyor Bridge that oversails the Highway is removed (Conveyor Bridge shown in the photo below).
 
The Conveyor Bridge carries the Conveyor system that was used to transport the TBM Spoil/Material over Breakspear Road South towards the Treatment Area at Harvil Road Gate 1. Now that both TBMs have completed their tunnelling between West Ruislip and Greenpark Way in LB Ealing the Conveyors are being removed and the Bridges that carry the Conveyor can also be removed.
 
These works will involve laying Matting on the road surface to protect it, then using a Crane to lower the Bridge to ground level before dismantling and removing it. The road would then be cleared with the Matting removed before reopening to the public.
 
This has been scheduled for the last weekend of the school summer holidays to minimise disruption and to also allow LBH a larger window of opportunity to schedule in the planned LBH resurfacing works which will close Harvil Road for a likely 4 week period earlier in the summer holidays (dates to be finalised).
 
I will confirm the details of the Diversion Route once confirmed with HS2/SCS but it is likely to be the usual Diversion via Swakeleys Road, Ickenham High Road, Bury Street, Breakspear Road
 
New Construction of Tunnel Walkways from West Ruislip Portal – May 2025 to Feb 2026
 
With the tunnelling now completed on the 2 tunnels between West Ruislip Portal and Greenpark Way Vent Shaft, the next stage is to build tunnel walkways inside the tunnels. There will be 2 walkways built inside each tunnel, a narrow walkway for maintenance access and a wider walkway to be used to safely evacuate passengers in case of emergency (once the railway is operational).
 
In order to be build these walkways there will be concrete deliveries by lorry 24 hours a day, 7 days a week between the end of May 2025 and Feb 2026 to the West Ruislip Portal Site off Ickenham Road.
 
The lorries will deliver ready-mixed concrete to electric pumps located behind a 2 metre high wall at the tunnel entrance (see map overleaf). The concrete will be pumped through a pipe into the concrete mixer truck and taken into the tunnels. The walkways will be built along the entire length of the tunnel using a Formwork system (Formwork is a temporary structure which shapes the walkway). The concrete is poured into the Formwork until it hardens, with the Formwork system being moved along the inside of the tunnel until the walkways are completed.
 
HS2/SCS do not expect that these works will be noisy above ground as they will all take place within the tunnels, but there will be concrete deliveries by lorry 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
 

HS2 works update

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Harvil Road Night Time Road Closures for Snagging Works – Mon 28/04 to Mon 19/05 
The 3 weeks of Night Time Road Closures of Harvil Road were completed on Mon 19/05 in time for the 5am opening of the road.  
All of the Snagging works along the new section of Highway between the Dogs Trust and HS2 Gate 1 have now been completed and the maintenance responsibility for this section of road has now been handed over from HS2 to LBH.
Construction of Tunnel Walkways from West Ruislip Portal – May 2025 to Feb 2026 
With the tunnelling now completed on the 2 tunnels between West Ruislip Portal and Greenpark Way Vent Shaft, the next stage is to build tunnel walkways inside the tunnels. There will be 2 walkways built inside each tunnel, a narrow walkway for maintenance access and a wider walkway to be used to safely evacuate passengers in case of emergency (once the railway is operational).  
In order to be build these walkways there will be concrete deliveries by lorry 24 hours a day, 7 days a week between the end of May 2025 and Feb 2026 to the West Ruislip Portal Site off Ickenham Road. 
The lorries will deliver ready-mixed concrete to electric pumps located behind a 2 metre high wall at the tunnel entrance (see map overleaf). The concrete will be pumped through a pipe into the concrete mixer truck and taken into the tunnels. The walkways will be built along the entire length of the tunnel using a Formwork system (Formwork is a temporary structure which shapes the walkway). The concrete is poured into the Formwork until it hardens, with the Formwork system being moved along the inside of the tunnel until the walkways are completed. 
HS2/SCS do not expect that these works will be noisy above ground as they will all take place within the tunnels, but there will be concrete deliveries by lorry 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The Map below shows the location of the works:
Demobilisation works at West Ruislip Portal Site – March to Sept 2025 
With the 2nd Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) Caroline completing her tunnelling journey to Greenpark Way Vent Shaft in April 2025, works will continue to remove tunnelling support structures inside and outside the tunnels at West Ruislip Portal Site. There will be demobilisation and removal works carried out for the following:  The conveyor structure – ongoing The launch chamber entrance – ongoing Rail siding – ongoing Gantry cranes and segment yard – ongoing Conveyor bridges – to be scheduled  
Removal of the Conveyor Structure – January to July 2025
HS2 have started dismantling and removing the Conveyor Structure by crane from within the West Ruislip Portal entrance from 02/01/25 with these works expecting to take until July 2025 to complete. The 1st Phase of these works will be removing the Conveyor Structure from the Downline Tunnel (as Sushila has completed her tunnelling) and then out into the Tunnel Portal at West Ruislip Now that TBM Caroline has completed tunnelling in April 2025 then the process will be repeated for the Upline Tunnel Then finally all of the remaining Conveyor Structure can be removed all the way from West Ruislip Portal along to the Treatment Area at Harvil Road Gate 1 Site. and Removal of Rail Siding at West Ruislip Portal – March to June 2025   The last Night Time delivery of TBM Segments by Railway to the West Ruislip Portal took place on 14/03 so now works have begun to decommission and remove the Rail Siding that accesses the HS2 Site from the main Chiltern Railway Line.   The track and ballast have now been removed, with the ballast being donated to the Bluebell Railway in West Sussex (see link below for more information):   HS2 donates 4,000 tonnes of ballast to Bluebell Railway | RailBusinessDaily   It is expected that the Rail Siding will be completely removed by June 2025.

HS2 works update

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Updated Harvil Road Night Time Road Closures for Snagging Works – Mon 28/04 to Mon 19/05
 
Please note that the remainder of the Bridge Inspections on the HROC Bridge are no longer required as HS2 deem that they have enough data from those already completed to determine any remedial works required to the Welds going forward.
 
That means the current 3 Week Night Time Road Closures on Harvil Road as detailed below are now only to complete outstanding snagging works:
 

  • drainage cover repairs on the carriageway
  • white lining (weather dependant)
  • sealant works on the parapets on the new bridge along Harvil Road
  • snagging works along the footpath on Harvil Road to repair paving defects and cracks

 
There are Road Closures 7 Nights of the week, with extended hours on a Friday and Saturday Night Shift. I have detailed the dates and times of the Road Closures below:
 

Mon 28/04 at 11.59pm – Tue 29/04 at 5am Mon 05/05 at 11.59pm – Tue 06/05 at 5am Mon 12/05 at 11.59pm – Tue 13/05 at 5am
Tue 29/04 at 11.59pm – Wed 30/04 at 5am Tue 06/05 at 11.59pm – Wed 07/05 at 5am Tue 13/05 at 11.59pm – Wed 14/05 at 5am
Wed 30/04 at 11.59pm – Thur 01/05 at 5am Wed 07/05 at 11.59pm – Thur 08/05 at 5am Wed 14/05 at 11.59pm – Thur 15/05 at 5am
Thur 01/05 at 11.59pm – Fri 02/05 at 5am Thur 08/05 at 11.59pm – Fri 09/05 at 5am Thur 15/05 at 11.59pm – Fri 16/05 at 5am
Fri 02/05 at 9.30pm – Sat 03/05 at 6am Fri 09/05 at 9.30pm – Sat 10/05 at 6am Fri 16/05 at 9.30pm – Sat 17/05 at 6am
Sat 03/05 at 9.30pm – Sun 04/05 at 6am Sat 10/05 at 9.30pm – Sun 11/05 at 6am Sat 17/05 at 9.30pm – Sun 18/05 at 6am
Sun 04/05 at 11.59pm – Mon 05/05 at 5am Sun 11/05 at 11.59pm – Mon 12/05 at 5am Sun 18/05 at 11.59pm – Mon 19/05 at 5am

 
Update 16/05 – HS2/SCS have confirmed that works are progressing well and that the Road Closure has been in place each night as planned (see photos below). The works are on time to be completed on time with the last Night Shift scheduled to take place Sun 18/05 into Mon 19/05 at 5am:
Updated Demobilisation works at West Ruislip Portal Site – March to Sept 2025 
With the 2nd Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) Caroline completing her tunnelling journey to Greenpark Way Vent Shaft in April 2025, works will continue to remove tunnelling support structures inside and outside the tunnels at West Ruislip Portal Site. There will be demobilisation and removal works carried out for the following:
 

  • The conveyor structure – ongoing
  • The launch chamber entrance – ongoing
  • Rail siding – ongoing
  • Gantry cranes and segment yard – ongoing
  • Conveyor bridges – to be scheduled

Updated May 2025 – Below is a Table & Map that shows the indicative demobilisation works programme over the next few months: 

Updated Decommissioning and Removal of Rail Siding at West Ruislip Portal – March to June 2025 
The last Night Time delivery of TBM Segments by Railway to the West Ruislip Portal took place on 14/03 so now works have begun to decommission and remove the Rail Siding that accesses the HS2 Site from the main Chiltern Railway Line. 
The sequence of the works begins with the removal of the track happening first, followed by the removal of the ballast. It is expected that the Rail Siding should now be completely removed by June 2025.

HS2 event May 15

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from HS2


We would like to invite you to a community drop in event.

• Date: Thursday 15 May 2025
• Time: 4pm to 7.30pm
• Venue: Ickenham Village Hall, 33 Swakeleys Road, Ickenham, Uxbridge UB10 8DG

Our engagement team and technical specialists will be available to update you and answer your questions on the following areas:
• Construction of Headhouse at West Ruislip
• Update on Tunnelling progress
We will use drone footage of HS2 sites in the area to show how construction is progressing.

For further details please follow this link. https://www.hs2.org.uk/events/hs2-scs-community-event-ickenham-village-hall/#msdynmkt_trackingcontext=bac77dec-f629-4c9c-9ed8-9a9554bb0000

Forecourt sale at the URC

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From URC

Yes folks, we’re holding the first of our 2025 forecourt sales on Saturday 3rd May, from 10am to 12 noon, ADMISSION FREE.  There will be the usual exciting variety of goods available, including our famous plant stall, quality bric-a-brac, hundreds of books from 50p to £5, toys and games, and anything else you give us – except clothes and shoes – PLUS for the first time, a table of quality crafts!  It will as usual be accompanied by a friendly coffee morning with homemade cakes in the Oasis, plus tables of curios and quirky items.  
Proceeds will be shared with our two external charities for 2025, which are The Brain Tumour Charity and Sight Savers, so please come and support. 
If you have items to donate, please bring them to the church on Friday 2nd May between 2pm and 5pm, or phone Richard Piper on 01895 634348 for collection.  This is also the number for enquiries and offers of help.
 

Fashion show May 16

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Fashion show at St Giles in aid of the Click Rukiga charity 16th May
St Giles church hall
doors open 6:30 p.m.
start 7:00 p.m.
tickets £10 including welcome drink to be purchased in advance

for more info and to book
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/click-rukiga-fashion-show-tickets-1257440050039?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=wsa&aff=ebdsshwebmobile&fbclid=IwY2xjawJgoXxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHiG0ipIE1MWLaKSideA0zGO0geiEKhkK1ZQEreP7poqBD9sz8ZeHxF9FVrkP_aem_F_DeogjnRuhhe2nvPFYGAw

BRS earthworks approaching completion

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We’re writing to update you about earthworks currently taking place at our site on Breakspear Road South.
HS2 Works Notification: Earthworks at the site on Breakspear Road South to be completed by 5 May 2025

We wrote to you in December 2024 to update you on works for the retained embankments construction at our site on Breakspear Road South, from 17 June 2024 to 31 March 2025.

These works have been delayed due to reduced availability of lorry deliveries. Our permitted lorry movements are limited, and we had to use some of them to move tunnelling materials off-site during this period of works.  In addition, heavy rain in January and February made it impossible to carry out the required compaction tests for the embankments. As a result, we now expect to complete the works by 5 May 2025.

For further details please follow this link.  https://www.hs2.org.uk/work-items/update-on-earthworks-at-the-site-on-breakspear-road-south/#msdynmkt_trackingcontext=556f0a93-da1a-41de-aed7-fcfe049a0300