| FROM HS2 We would like to invite you to a community drop in event. Date: Tuesday 25 February 2025 Time: 4pm to 7.30pm Venue: Ruislip Rugby Football Club, West End Rd, Ruislip HA4 6DR Our Engagement team and technical specialists will be available to update you and answer your questions on the following areas: Tunnelling demobilisation – upcoming activities as tunnelling works near completion Noise barrier construction from Copthall Tunnel to the West Ruislip Portal Upcoming works around Breakspear Road South site We will use drone footage of both SCS and Align sites to show how construction is progressing. For further details please follow this link. https://www.hs2.org.uk/events/hs2-scs-drop-in-ruislip-rugby-football-club/#msdynmkt_trackingcontext=a5a48928-d26f-4902-849b-f3c814181266 |
Category Archives: Issues
Uxbridge library update
Latest HS2 updates – including today
| Skip Lane Road Closure (junction with Harvil Road) – Sat 01/02 between 3pm to 4pm (1hour duration) HS2/SCS have asked for a 1 hour Road Closure of Skip Lane on Saturday 01/02 between 3pm to 4pm to replace some damaged flexible bollards in the middle of the carriageway The Road Closure affects only traffic that would use Skip Lane so Harvil Road will not be impacted in any way. Night Time Road Closures of Harvil Road at New Chiltern Line Bridge – 6 Nights a Week from Midnight to 5am – Mon 17/02 to Mon 17/03 HS2/SCS previously undertook Night Time Road Closures of Harvil Road on 4 consecutive Saturday Nights from Sat 23/11/24 until Sat 14/12/24 to survey the Butt Welds underneath the new Chiltern Line Bridge over Harvil Road. Following these initial surveys of the Bridge the manufacturer has identified a further 170 surveys are required to be carried out on the Bridge, and due to the need for possession of the Railway underneath the Bridge in order to carry out the works, these works can only be done at Night time between the hours of Midnight and 5am (apart from Friday Nights during which no Railway possessions are allowed). Due to quality assurance issues at the point of fabrication, the manufacturer is required to check the Welds which were completed at fabrication. Please note these are Butt Welds to the haunch brackets, and do not form part of the structural integrity of the Bridge so there is no concern with keeping the Bridge open outside of these times and carrying traffic across Harvil Road. To enable these Bridge surveys to be carried out as soon as is possible, HS2/SCS have agreed with LBH that they can close Harvil Road 6 Nights a Week between Midnight and 5am over a 4 Week Period from Mon 17/02 to Mon 17/03. The Road will be Closed from Skip Lane junction to The Dogs Trust |
Latest HS2 updates
Breakspear Rd South – Road Closure under Railway Bridge for Culvert Replacement – Sat 05/04/25 to Sun 27/04/25 (3 Week Road Closure)
Following on from the Trial Holes under a 2 Week Road Closure from 29/07/24 to 11/08/24 HS2/SCS have finalised their design for the new Culvert to be installed near to the Chiltern Line Bridge on Breakspear Road South.
There will need to be a final Road Closure of 3 Weeks in duration to install the new Culvert and following talks between LBH and HS2/SCS it has been agreed that these works will now take place at Easter 2025. With a Road Closure of this length of time whenever it is programmed in will result in traffic disruption on local roads but LBH will work with HS2/SCS to minimise this as much as is possible.
Schedule of works:
• Sat 05/04/25 to Sun 27/04/25 = 3 Week Road Closure (which would be the 2 weeks of the School Holidays plus 1 week afterwards)
• LBH School Easter Holidays = start Fri 04/04/25 – back to School on Tue 22/04/25
• Good Friday = 18/04/25 / Easter Sunday = 20/04/25 / Easter Monday = 21/04/25
With the School Holidays taking place from 04/04/25 to 22/04/25 the only works taking place outside of the School Holiday period would be the final week from Tue 22/04/25 to Sun 27/04/25 (4 normal School days plus Saturday & Sunday).
Listed buildings consultation
From LBH
Please see link below to a current consultation, which may be of interest.
https://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/listed-buildings-consultation
one of the buildings mentioned is the Orchard in Ruislip – one of LIDL’s proposed sites
Free parking in December
If you live in the borough, you can use your HillingdonFirst card to enjoy free parking during December.
Free parking offer
Use your HillingdonFirst card to enjoy free parking in council-owned car parks and on-street parking bays on the following dates:
- Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 December
- Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 December
Please note: This offer does not include leisure centre car parks and Ruislip Lido car parks.
PayByPhone users
Those using PayByPhone must register their HillingdonFirst card on the app to enjoy this offer.
Ticket machine users
Residents who prefer to use payment machines, must have their HillingdonFirst card with them and follow the instructions below (and on the machines) when getting a ticket to ensure no charge is applied.
- Press the yellow button.
- Press and hold your HillingdonFirst card on the contactless symbol for up to 4 seconds (until authorised).
- Press the green button to receive your free parking ticket.
Display your ticket on your windscreen.
HS2 earthworks near BRS
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 31 March 2025
We wrote to you in June about works for the retained embankments construction at our site on Breakspear Road South from 17 June to 31 December 2024.
These works have been delayed in part due to the recent exceptionally wet weather. We expect to complete the works by 31 March 2025.
We expect these works will create some noise due to the use of ground compaction equipment and excavator activities. Every effort is being taken to ensure that these works are carried out in the least impactful way, and we will ensure that disruption is kept to a minimum.
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=ddc96b5f-2512-41c4-8fe8-723ba9123077 You can find out more about what is happening in your area using the In Your Area pages of the HS2 website. You can also view a map of your area, which includes any planned works in your area and a HS2 route map.
HS2 Christmas working hours
| Christmas Working Hours on HS2 Sites in Hillingdon HS2 sites in Hillingdon will be closed over the Christmas and New Year period, including both HS2 Contractors SCS and Align. The sites will be closed from Friday, December 22, 2023 to Tuesday, January 2, 2024 map on the link below https://assets.hs2.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/S2-Worksites-christmas-big.pdf |
Flooding: LBH needs evidence
| From Ickenham Residents. |
| we received this from I Thynne and were asked to circulate it I am writing to you as we are undertaking an investigation into the September floods and the next phase is to collect evidence. The investigation is being carried out by the Council in its role as Lead Local Flood Authority. below in bold is a letter setting out more details about the investigation. Unfortunately, there were many properties that flooded or came close to flooding which we are trying to understand more about. In particularly we are trying to understand the full scope of flooding and would therefore be grateful if you could share this with the residents you represent. The investigation will consider the various causes of flooding and the roles of the relevant authorities, i.e. Thames Water, Environment Agency and Highways Authority. The investigation will lead to a formal report being published around spring time next year. This is likely to contain recommendations on how to reduce and manage flood risk better. The letter contains a link to the questionnaire where we will collect the information. For ease of reference, I have included it below. https://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/article/13655/September-flooding Date: 3 December 2024 Ref: LBH/Flood/23Sept Dear Occupier On 23 September the borough experienced over one month’s worth of rain in a day. This led to widespread flooding across roads and open spaces, and sadly within properties. In our role as the Lead Local Flood Authority, we are carrying out an investigation into the flooding and seeking to understand more the extent and causes. In particular, we are keen to identify the sources of the flooding and determine what action was taken by key responders and when. We would also like to understand if there were any post flooding concerns relating to the recovery and clean up. This phase of the investigation is about collating the evidence to inform a subsequent report which will result in a series of recommendations with the aim of reducing the risk or impacts of flooding in the future. We understand the suffering that flooding can cause for our residents and communities and acknowledge that this doesn’t go away once the flood waters have receded. Our investigation is an important part of the response and will guide actions that will hopefully result in a reduction in the risk of flooding in the future. We therefore encourage as many people as possible to provide their experiences and evidence to ensure the investigation is comprehensive. To assist with developing our understanding of the flooding, we have produced a questionnaire which can be found on the following link https://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/flood-investigation. This includes a series of questions that are intended to collect the required information and evidence for the purpose of the more detailed investigation. We would appreciate it if you could complete the questionnaire by 12 January 2025. The questionnaire also allows for photographs and videos to be uploaded to enable us to gather as much data and information as possible. At this stage, we don’t have full details of all those who experienced flooding, so we are writing specifically to a number of properties within areas where we have had multiple reports of flooding. The questionnaire is open to anyone who would like to provide their experiences of flooding. |
HS2 tunnelling updates
We expect Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) Sushila to complete her tunnelling journey from West Ruislip to the Green Park Way Vent Shaft on 13 December. This milestone marks the completion of part of the tunnel construction of the new HS2 line linking Euston to Birmingham. We expect TBM Caroline to reach the Green Park Way site in March 2025.
Removal of the conveyor structure – 2 January to July 2025
We will begin dismantling and removing the conveyor structures by crane from within the West Ruislip Portal entrance from 2 January until July 2025.
From 2 January to 2 February 2025 we will work 24 hours, seven days a week. To avoid overnight disturbance, we will carry out metal cutting and concrete breaking works from 8am to 10pm Monday to Saturdays and 10am to 4pm on Sundays. We will place acoustic blankets fixed to Heras fencing around the concrete breaking area to reduce the noise.
We do not expect any additional noise because the conveyor, support operations and machinery movements carried out to run TBM Sushila’s downline tunnelling operations will have stopped. When TBM Caroline completes tunnelling, we will repeat the removal of the conveyor structures which have been supporting the upline tunnelling operations. We will update you regularly as the works progress from now until July 2025.
Construction will continue over the Christmas period on the cross passage at our ventilation shaft in Northolt, which will be supported by vehicle movements at the West Ruislip Portal
Concrete cutting and removal works within the tunnel – 27 to 31 December 2024
While TBM Caroline stops tunnelling over the Christmas break, we will remove the temporary concrete tunnel floor inside the entrance, install drainage and then replace with the permanent concrete tunnel floor.
These works will take place on 27, 28, 30 and 31 December between 8am and 6pm, and on 29 December between 10am to 5pm.
We would like to apologise in advance for any disruption or inconvenience this may cause. Every effort is being taken to ensure that these works are carried out in the least impactful way.
Please follow this link to download a copy of the notification.https://www.hs2.org.uk/work-items/west-ruislip-portal-tunnelling-update/#msdynmkt_trackingcontext=09be7c2c-0504-4469-86c5-4228e3110f4b
Ickenham Residents' Association 