| from HS2 please join us for a community event from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on 27th March 2004 in Ickenham united reform church the SCS railway team will be on hand to update you and answer your questions on the following 1 River Pinn Diversion 2 Breakspear Rd South and River Pinn Embankment 3 Community investment and Safety in schools The aerial drone footage of the areas between West Ruislip and Harvil Rd will be shown at this event |
Category Archives: Transport
More lorries
TBM Segment Delivery by Lorry to West Ruislip
LBH has agreed that SCS can trial these deliveries by road for another month during March, with SCS will carrying out Engagement with residents to advise of the additional lorries delivering the Segments.
LBH will continue to review the situation before committing to allow this to be extended until around August 2024 (which is the current requested date). LBH did question the viability of bringing the lorries in along Swakeleys Road, Ickenham Road into the West Ruislip Portal, but was advised that due to maintenance works due to take place on the internal Haul Roads it would not be feasible at the outset to route the lorries via either Harvil Rd Gate 2 or Breakspear Rd South (and along the Haul Roads to the Portal).
Please note that there will be no additional lorries over the agreed 550 lorry movements per day around Swakeleys Roundabout with these additional Segment deliveries built into that daily limit. Over the last 3 months or so there has been a noticeable drop off in the amount of HS2 lorries delivering to the HS2 Sites in Hillingdon, so these deliveries should not cause any additional impact to our Road Network in the north of the borough.
Ickenham Pump Restoration
from LBH
An update on the pump building restoration works. The proposed work has been scheduled for 4th March, and we anticipate to complete this within four weeks.
Cabinet approves library proposals
| Hillingdon Council’s Cabinet agrees Uxbridge Library relocation plans Thursday 15 February, 2024: The recommendation to relocate Uxbridge Library to the borough’s Civic Centre was approved by Hillingdon Council’s Cabinet tonight (Thursday 15 February) subject to planning approval being granted. https://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/article/12365/Hillingdon-Councils-Cabinet-agrees-Uxbridge-Library-relocation-plans |
Lorry movement update
FROM HS2
We are writing to inform you about changes to the delivery of tunnel segments for the HS2 tunnelling works in Hillingdon. We will need to deliver some segments to West Ruislip by road from Monday 5 February using our approved lorry routes.
The majority of tunnel segments will still be delivered overnight by rail; however, the need for a supplementary delivery method has arisen due to:
- Ongoing rail strikes continuing to disrupt overnight segment deliveries needed to support tunnelling activities.
- Network Rail capacity constraints limiting night-time tunnel segment deliveries to a maximum of five deliveries per week; and
- The Tunnel Boring Machine tunnelling rates increasing from 15 to 22 metres a day which requires an increased daily supply of segments.
Tunnel segment deliveries will take place during core working hours (Monday-Friday 8am-6pm, Saturday 8am -1pm), however, the trial is to include six lorry movements per day outside of core hours (Monday-Friday 6pm-10pm, Saturdays 1pm-10pm).
For further information and a map of our approved lorry routes please see our works notification:
We would like to apologise for any disruption or inconvenience these deliveries may cause. Every effort is being taken to ensure that these works are carried out in the least impactful way. We will ensure that disruption is kept to a minimum.
More large lorries on their way
| TBM Segment Delivery by Lorry to West Ruislip LBH have received a request from HS2/SCS for up to 24 lorries per day (Mon to Sat) to bring Segments for the TBMs into the West Ruislip Portal by road during the hours of 8am to 10pm. With both TBMs now once again tunnelling at full capacity they seem to be going at a much faster rate than previously thought (tunnelling up to 22 metres per day). When SCS calculated their requirements to keep the TBMs serviced with Segments last year they were working on the assumption that the TBMs would not tunnel more than 15 metres per day, so they would need approx. 700 Segments per week. This was managed with the overnight Rail Deliveries of Segments into West Ruislip Portal, with 5 Trains per week each delivering 140 Segments (equalling the required 700 Segments per week). With the increased speed of the tunnelling SCS now require additional Segments to keep the TBMs running, and as they cannot get any more than 5 Trains per week into West Ruislip due to limitations with capacity with Network Rail, the only solution is to bring in the additional Segments that are required by road. It has also been the case that with Rail Strikes more frequent over the last few months there have been a few occasions where SCS are only getting 3-4 deliveries by Rail per week. The lorries would all use the existing Approved Lorry Route entering West Ruislip Portal (via Swakeleys Roundabout, Swakeleys Road, Ickenham Road) and return using the same route. The majority of these deliveries would be expected to be carried out during Core Working Hours (Mon to Fri 8am to 6pm & Sat 8am to 1pm) but there may be up to 6 lorry deliveries each day that fall outside the Core Hours and would be delivered up to 10pm. LBH have agreed that SCS can trial these deliveries by road for 1 month during February, with SCS will carrying out Engagement with residents to advise of the additional lorries delivering the Segments. LBH would then review the situation before committing to allow this to be extended until around August 2024 (which is the current requested date). LBH did question the viability of bringing the lorries in along Swakeleys Road, Ickenham Road into the West Ruislip Portal, but were advised that due to maintenance works due to take place on the internal Haul Roads it would not be feasible at the outset to route the lorries via either Harvil Rd Gate 2 or Breakspear Rd South (and along the Haul Roads to the Portal). Please note that there will be no additional lorries over the agreed 550 lorry movements per day around Swakeleys Roundabout with these additional Segment deliveries built into that daily limit. Over the last 3 months or so there has been a noticeable drop off in the amount of HS2 lorries delivering to the HS2 Sites in Hillingdon, so these deliveries should not cause any additional impact to our Road Network in the north of the borough. In summary: SCS Requesting up to 24 Segment lorry deliveries each day during extended hours – 8am to 10pm Mon to Sat 24 lorries x 6 days = (144 lorries / 3 segments per lorry = 432 segments) In addition to up to 5 Train deliveries per week at Night (140 Segments per Train x 5 nights = 700) Total amount of Segments per week = 1132 Of the 24 lorries per day it would be likely that up to 6 lorries would be delivering outside Core Hours (between 6-10pm) TBM Segment Delivery to the Railway Siding at West Ruislip Portal With the TBMs now fully operational, HS2/SCS need a regular supply of Tunnel Segments (the concrete ‘Rings’ required by the TBMs to construct the tunnel lining as they progress) to the West Ruislip Portal Site. There is a Railway Siding that has now been constructed that will provide direct access from the Chiltern Line into the Segment Yard at West Ruislip so that Tunnel Segments can be directly delivered into Site by Rail rather than by road/lorry. HS2 now plan to run the train up to five nights each week. The plan will be for one train to arrive at West Ruislip per night delivering 20 Rings, each comprising of 7 Segments. The locomotive will then divide the train into two parts and shunt them into the Siding. The locomotive will then shut down while the gantry crane unloads the Segments, and the locomotive will restart at around 6am and shunt the train back into one piece prior to departure at around 7am. The volume of rail traffic on the Chiltern Line through West Ruislip means that the train can only deliver Segments at night so the train should arrive at West Ruislip after 11pm. As a contingency and only if required, HS2/SCS can also use existing Consents to help alleviate any shortfall of Segments by bringing in Lorries via road alongside the Railway deliveries to build up the stock of Segments should they fall low. The majority of these deliveries would be carried out during Core Hours during the day (Mon to Fri 8am to 6pm & Sat 8am to 1pm) but if required HS2/SCS have Consent to run lorries on extended hours until 10pm at night (outside of Core Hours). |
Harvil Road delay explained
From R Connors :@ LBH
As you may be aware Harvil Road in Ickenham has been closed since the 08/01/24 while HS2 completed the Realignment of the new section of Harvil Road from the new junction for Skip Lane to the Dogs Trust (with the new straight section of road travelling over a new Chiltern Railway Line Bridge and a new HS2 Railway Line Bridge).
The works to complete the new Road were due for completion on Sunday 28/01/24 with the new Road opening for public use by midnight Sunday.
LBH Highways Delivery Manager Isaac Kwakye and myself attended an Inspection of the works this afternoon with a view of signing off the required technical documents for LBH to accept that the new Road is safe to be opened for public use.
While we were carrying out the Inspection we were alerted that HS2 Construction Compliance Certificates have not been signed off in time by HS2, and without this documentation in place HS2 cannot allow the new Road to open.
This is most frustrating for all concerned but especially for local residents and users of Harvil Road who have had to put up with so much disruption over the last few years due to HS2 works that have closed this road on many occasions.
Harvil Road will have to remain closed until this process is signed off by HS2 but we are hopeful that everything will be ready for the new Road to open for public use in time for Friday morning 02/02/24.
LBH Officers will push HS2 for this documentation to be completed as early next week as possible, and if that is the case we will endeavour to get Harvil Road open to the public sooner than the 02/02/24. I will keep you informed of the situation as this evolves next week.
Final phase of Harvil Road closure
From Ickenham Residents
| Phase 2 – Road Closure at Dogs Trust – Mon 15/01 to Sun 28/01 Access for Skip Lane & Certas Oil Depot from Swakeleys Road/Harvil Rd end Please note there will also be Temporary Traffic Lights on the section between Shorthill Cottage & Skip Lane during the Road Closure Civils Works Skip Lane – Traffic Management re-arrangement – Skip Lane sheetpiles cutting – Road Drainage works / Tie-in works – Earthworks – Backfill Civils Works Dogs Trust – Hillingdon street lighting works (excavation, ducting, sleeves, pavement, post installation) – Electrical installation – Traffic island construction Surfacing / – Road Construction – Kerb and pavement works – Road marking – Safety barriers & Fencing installation Update as of Friday 19/01 The update from the Construction Manager on Harvil Road is that works are still progressing well with Street Lighting still being installed, new Traffic Islands being installed and tarmacking and white lining carried out in some sections this week. LBH are very much in the loop on what is happening with these works, our Street Lighting Team are carrying out the new Street Lighting installation and once the works are complete they require LBH Highways Technical sign off before the new realigned road can be open for public use. The extremely cold weather this week has not delayed progress and the road is still expected to be ready for opening by late Sun 28/01 as planned. There is an Inspection of the new Road next Friday 26/01 where LBH Highways will be requested to sign-off on the new road layout being able to be opened for public use. |
Harvil Road closure reminder
| From Ickenham Residents. Harvil Road Final Road Closure – confirmed dates – 08/01/24 to 28/01/24 HS2/SCS have confirmed the dates for the Harvil Road Final Closures to complete the Realignment will now be from Mon 08/01/24 until Sun 28/01/24. The Road Closure is split into 2 Phases: Phase 1 = Mon 08/01/24 to Sun 14/01/24 – 1 Week Road Closure at Skip Lane side Phase 2 = Mon 15/01/24 to Sun 28/01/24 – 2 Week Road Closure at Dogs Trust side The Road Closures have been planned so there remains Access for the Skip Lane Businesses and the CERTAS Oil Depot at all times which is achieved by splitting down the Road Closure into 2 smaller parts. Phase 1 – Road Closure at Skip Lane – Mon 08/01/24 to Sun 14/01/24 Access for Skip Lane & Oil Depot from Dogs Trust side Please note there will also be Temporary Traffic Lights on the section between Dogs Trust & Skip Lane during the Road Closure Civils Works Skip Lane Hillingdon street lighting works (excavation, ducting, sleeves, pavement, post installation) Electrical installation Road Drainage works / Tie-in works Traffic island construction Road marking & signage Kerb and pavement works Fencing Phase 2 – Road Closure at Dogs Trust – Mon 15/01/24 to Sun 28/01/24 Access for Skip Lane & Oil Depot from Swakeleys Road/Harvil Rd Please note there will also be Temporary Traffic Lights on the section between Shorthill Cottage & Skip Lane during the Road Closure Civils Works Skip Lane Traffic Management re-arrangement Skip Lane sheetpiles cutting Road Drainage works / Tie-in works Earthworks – Backfill Civils Works Dogs Trust Hillingdon street lighting works (excavation, ducting, sleeves, pavement, post installation) Electrical installation Traffic island construction Surfacing / Road Construction Kerb and pavement works Road marking Safety barriers & Fencing installation Bus Route U9 Diversion during Harvil Road Closures TfL have confirmed that Bus Route U9 will run on Diversion during the Harvil Road Closures in Jan 2024. A full Timetable will be in operation but the Buses will leave Uxbridge and go as far as A40 Swakeleys Roundabout before beginning their Diversion along the A40 to Denham Roundabout, then along the A412 North Orbital Road, then onto Moorfield Road, then Moorhall Road and then finally onto Harvil Road and continuing on the normal Bus Route towards Harefield. |
TfL strikes
From TfL
Planned strike action will affect Tube services between Sunday 7 and Friday 12 January. If the strike action goes ahead:
• On Sunday 7 January, Tube services will close earlier than normal. Customers are advised to complete Tube journeys by 17:30
• From Monday 8 until Thursday 11 January, severe disruption is expected, with little to no service expected to run
• On Friday 12 January, Tube services will start later than normal with a good service expected by midday
London Overground, Elizabeth line, DLR, tram, bus and National Rail services are not involved in this strike action. Some services will be much busier than normal and affected by station closures where stations also serve London Underground lines. Queuing and one-way systems may be in place.
Plan ahead, check before you travel and leave more time for your journey.
For full details on strikes, visit our website
You may find it easier to walk or cycle some journeys. Our website has information on cycling in London, including our Santander Cycle Hire cycles and our cycleway routes, and walking options for journeys in zone one.
We are sorry for the disruption to your journey.
Ickenham Residents' Association 