Apologies for lack of detail but this is the area to the north of The Greenway and Hoylake Crescent. Each blob appears to be a bore hole as described in the previous news update. If I get more information, I’ll add it to this post.
[ 22 Sep ]
Here are the symbols and legends (you can now click on the map above to see a larger version):
Some of this overlaps with the recent announcements from LBH, but it also contains a wider perspective from the Nick Hurd perspective. The sharp-eyed among you will notice some words missing from the end; please add, “…I respect that my working assumption is that it will go ahead, and therefore we need to keep working on this agreement to give ourselves the best possible protection.”
If you ever need the Council’s public low-down on HS2 please go to:
http://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/article/23081/High-speed-rail-updates
PS (next day) If you f0llowed the above link, you’d know that the HS2/LBH Agreement was signed off on 17th August and has now been published on line.
If you didn’t follow the link, it is 79 pages in length and to summarise:
We have approached Nick Hurd and he has given us his whole hearted support in our need to improve the unsatisfactory situation with the HS2 Community Engagement Team (CET). He has obtained a commitment from HS2 to improve many aspects of the CET’s performance and we await the outcome of those actions.
We will keep you up to date with developments via the Ickenham Residents’ Association web site, but there is no scope for change to the Agreement now it has been signed off.
HS2 has provided details of the impact of gas diversions: HS2 Briefing Note – Gas diversions in the Harefield and Ickenham area (It’s a pdf containing tables.)
A link from our friends at Hillingdon is Here about Harvil Road traffic
And here’s the Council’s take on HS2 activity
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Today, the HS2 Action Alliance has submitted this advertisement:
On the day following the election, some HS2 notices appeared around some of Ickenham’s open spaces. They comprised several pages and it’s easy to see why some residents drew the wrong conclusions. Unfortunately, these wrong conclusions found their way onto Facebook and created a lot of heat and steam.
We thought it best to present some of the salient facts presented in the documents. If we learn more about HS2’s intentions we will let you know.
First of all, here’s the map of the (red-outlined) area debated on Facebook:
This area lies between Hoylake Cresent and the Chiltern Railway line.
Here is a snap of what HS2 intends to do here:
Since the Facebook alarm was about HS2 using the area “for storage of construction equipment for the building of HS2”, we think this paragraph (and the fact it’s a short-term survey) led to the misunderstanding.:
Apologies for the rubbish photographs. We thought it best to present the original documents rather than a transcript.
As you probably know, the accident-prone Ickenham Pump area is to be redesigned. What follows is extracted from a letter to the Residents’ Association from LBH and a link to the proposed plan. Comments have to be in to the address at the foot of this letter by February 15. The proposals are an improvement on what exists. The question is “could they be better?”
Here goes:
Formal Consultation: Swakeleys Road and High Road Ickenham – Proposed Road Safety Improvements
The informal consultation responses have been analysed which indicated a majority in support of the proposed measures. Following consideration of the consultation responses, the Cabinet Member for Planning, Transportation and Recycling has approved for formal consultation to be carried out on this proposal.
The optimum proposal identified by the independent study, and supported in principle by Ward Members and the Metropolitan Police, includes the following proposed measures, as shown in this plan:-
Ickenham Pump
• Closure of the central access to the Ickenham Pump (vehicle surveys and vehicle tracking software has been used to ensure vehicle movements can be maintained within the Ickenham Pump service road with the inclusion of additional yellow lines)
• Residents’ permit only parking bay extended within the Ickenham Pump service road
• Two raised tables on the Ickenham Pump service road to calm traffic
• Potential options for sympathetic landscaping within the closed central access to the Ickenham Pump
Swakeleys Road
• Re-location of the existing zebra crossing on Swakeleys Road to 20 metres from its junction with High Road Ickenham. This would require;
• Closure of the access to the service road opposite the Post Office
• Re-location of the existing northbound bus stop and goods vehicle loading bay
High Road Ickenham
• Extended ‘Keep Clear’ markings on High Road Ickenham at the northern access to the Ickenham Pump
• Extended operational hours of the existing yellow lines on High Road Ickenham adjacent to St Giles’ Church The proposed scheme has been subject to a positive review undertaken by an independent road safety auditor.
The statutory consultation period will run until 15 February 2017. A formal notice will appear in a local paper as well as street notices displayed on site during this time. If you would like to comment on the proposal, please write to the postal or email address below by Wednesday 15 February 2017 and include your address to help us analyse all responses.
Transport and Projects Residents Services
London Borough of Hillingdon,
4W/06, Civic Centre, High Street, Uxbridge, UB8 1UW
T.01895 556266 F.01895 250676
PS (11 Feb): Reading the Council’s official notice, it suggests quoting the reference number 4W/06/25/01/17.
It also says this:
If you have any comments or feedback on the proposed parking and traffic improvement schemes below, please contact the Transport and Projects Team:
I don’t know whether telephoned or emailed comments have the same weight as physical documents. I shall enquire, but time is running out…
PPS: Email is fine. My thanks to Cllr Hensley for calling me about this at 9:00 this morning. He’s probably the most responsive ‘official’ I’ve ever met.
The House of Lords HS2 Select Committee is reporting in public today at 10am. (Committee Room 4 if you want to rush up there.)
Or you can watch it on parliament tv
The Chairman will announce the publication of the report and make a few, brief concluding remarks. The Committee will adjourn very shortly thereafter and the report will be made available on the Committee’s website.
This link takes you straight to the Ickenham bit.
You may have read in ‘Ickenham Calling …..’ that videos of the House of Lords Select Committee hearings are online. The two of most interest to Ickenham residents are on 21 Nov and 1 Dec.
Transcript of the first session
Transcript of the second session
Ickenham Residents' Association 