tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18346572959756943562024-03-13T18:25:36.179+00:00PARK ROYAL - OLD OAK COMMON - KENSAL<b><i>Independent web site for Park Royal & Old Oak Common, London, and beyond</i></b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger771125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834657295975694356.post-84879325258422552342024-02-26T20:23:00.005+00:002024-02-26T20:23:56.234+00:00TfL analysis of surface transport at Old Oak Common HS2 station (it's not looking good)<p style=" margin: 12px auto 6px auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; display: block;"> <a title="View TfL analysis of surface transport at Old Oak Common station (it's not looking good) on Scribd" href="https://www.scribd.com/document/708650811/TfL-analysis-of-surface-transport-at-Old-Oak-Common-station-it-s-not-looking-good#from_embed" style="text-decoration: underline;" >TfL analysis of surface transport at Old Oak Common station (it's not looking good)</a> by <a title="View scribdstorage's profile on Scribd" href="https://www.scribd.com/user/48760817/scribdstorage#from_embed" style="text-decoration: underline;" >scribdstorage</a> on Scribd</p><iframe class="scribd_iframe_embed" title="TfL analysis of surface transport at Old Oak Common station (it's not looking good)" src="https://www.scribd.com/embeds/708650811/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-iMgpOowNsxPW1opYff1k" data-auto-height="false" data-aspect-ratio="1.7790927021696252" scrolling="no" id="doc_61314" width="100%" height="600" frameborder="0"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834657295975694356.post-3007233831669891432024-02-26T19:15:00.004+00:002024-02-26T19:15:46.050+00:00How the OPDC messed up the modernisation of North Acton Central Line station ("Must do better in future")<p style=" margin: 12px auto 6px auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; display: block;"> <a title="View 2024-02-28 North Acton Station Issues and Unlawful OPDC Actions on Scribd" href="https://www.scribd.com/document/708627398/2024-02-28-North-Acton-Station-Issues-and-Unlawful-OPDC-Actions#from_embed" style="text-decoration: underline;" >2024-02-28 North Acton Station Issues and Unlawful OPDC Actions</a> by <a title="View scribdstorage's profile on Scribd" href="https://www.scribd.com/user/48760817/scribdstorage#from_embed" style="text-decoration: underline;" >scribdstorage</a> on Scribd</p><iframe class="scribd_iframe_embed" title="2024-02-28 North Acton Station Issues and Unlawful OPDC Actions" src="https://www.scribd.com/embeds/708627398/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-5o8rLnddIop9noQDrkRs" data-auto-height="false" data-aspect-ratio="1.414442700156986" scrolling="no" id="doc_78663" width="100%" height="600" frameborder="0"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834657295975694356.post-56091318946773464032020-11-18T13:28:00.000+00:002020-11-18T13:28:27.347+00:00HS2 application 20/0011/HS2OPDC: Old Oak Common Lane<br>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834657295975694356.post-5325904548597713102020-01-03T21:56:00.003+00:002020-01-03T21:56:46.929+00:00HS2 Ltd: "We invite your feedback on the design of HS2’s Common Design Elements planned for the Phase One route between the West Midlands and London"<br />
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<br>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834657295975694356.post-83327005504138925882019-09-28T09:57:00.003+01:002019-09-28T09:58:49.851+01:00Architects' Journal: "Old Oak Common regeneration is a train crash and City Hall is to blame"<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"You cannot make great pieces of city simply by setting housing targets," writes Paul Finch</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">"The </span><span style="font-size: large;">biggest housing and jobs initiative in the country, being overseen by the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC), will have to be massively scaled back following devastating findings by the planning inspector in respect of its draft local plan.
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>"In a nutshell, the inspector has upheld the views of the biggest landowner affected, Cargiant, that the proposed plan is a dead duck. He found that, instead of delivering 25,000 homes and 65,000 jobs, the development corporation should scale this back to 14,200 and 37,590 respectively – because plans to develop Cargiant's land are <i>'unviable and ought to be deleted from the plan'</i>.
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">"On </span>one side, the world's biggest used car dealership. On the other, plans for the biggest development in London since the 2012 Olympics.
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><b></b><span style="color: #0b5394;"></span><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834657295975694356.post-90443846239057863752019-09-19T21:48:00.003+01:002019-09-25T21:20:41.853+01:00Brent & Kilburn Times: "[Most] Cargiant-owned land should be removed from project, planning inspector says"<br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>"Reviewing the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation's (OPDC) draft local plan, Paul Clark decided that inclusion of [most of the] land owned by Cargiant south of WIllesden Junction station was 'unviable' and that, if developed, it couldn't yield enough profit to pay for moving the business elsewhere, even if no affordable homes or subsidised infrastructure were built there."</b></span>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834657295975694356.post-17749412661091669722019-08-21T11:02:00.001+01:002019-08-21T11:02:27.537+01:00Department for Transport: "Terms of reference for the independent review of HS2"<br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 1.3157;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The </b></span>Prime Minister has stated his wish to review “whether and how we proceed” with <abbr style="border-bottom-color: currentColor; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: currentColor; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: currentColor; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: currentColor; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; cursor: help; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="High Speed Two">HS2</abbr> ahead of the ‘Notice to Proceed’ decision for Phase 1 (London-West Midlands) due by the end of 2019. The review will assemble and test all the existing evidence in order to allow the Prime Minister, the Secretary of State for Transport and the government to make properly-informed decisions on the future of Phases 1 and 2 of the project, including the estimated cost and schedule position.
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For the whole <abbr style="border-bottom-color: currentColor; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: currentColor; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: currentColor; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: currentColor; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; cursor: help; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="High Speed Two">HS2</abbr> project, the review should rigorously examine and state its view on:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the full range of costs of the project, including but not limited to:</span></div>
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<li style="border-bottom-color: currentColor; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: currentColor; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: currentColor; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: currentColor; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">whether <abbr style="border-bottom-color: currentColor; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: currentColor; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: currentColor; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: currentColor; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; cursor: help; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="High Speed Two">HS2</abbr> <abbr style="border-bottom-color: currentColor; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: currentColor; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: currentColor; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: currentColor; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; cursor: help; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="Limited">Ltd</abbr>’s latest estimates of costs and schedule are realistic and are comparable to other UK infrastructure</span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-color: currentColor; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: currentColor; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: currentColor; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: currentColor; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">why any cost estimates or schedules have changed since the most recent previous baselines</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">for the project as a whole, how much realistic potential there is for cost reductions in the scheme as currently planned through changes to its scope, planned phasing or specification, including but not limited to:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The review will be chaired by Doug Oakervee. The deputy chair will be Lord Berkeley. There will also be a panel consisting of Michele Dix, Stephen Glaister, Patrick Harley, Sir Peter Hendy, Andrew Sentance, Andy Street, John Cridland and Tony Travers. Each will focus on a specific area of interest; they will feed in to and be consulted on the report’s conclusions, without having a right of veto in the event that consensus cannot be reached.</span><br />
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<br><br>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834657295975694356.post-7547939640979769512019-06-15T20:29:00.003+01:002019-06-15T20:29:16.570+01:00The Observer: "Left in a siding: the rail link that could make Heathrow greener"<br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Life </span>is easy for the toads and bats of Staines-upon-Thames: the disused railway line has formed a woodland corridor that runs north towards Heathrow. Terminal 5 is just a mile or so further on as the bat flies. But to reach it from Staines station would take a hapless rail passenger almost two hours via three trains.
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>"That could drop to just six minutes under plans to link Staines and other parts of Surrey to the airport. Yet as Heathrow prepares for a major consultation on its third runway on Tuesday, new rail links are just an option, despite the argument that they would help tackle the airport's pollution problem. They would also be a clear answer to transport secretary Chris Grayling's call for 'market-led' proposals for new railway lines.
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>"As a precondition of Heathrow expansion, parliament has stipulated that the proportion of passengers travelling to and from the airport on public transport must rise from 39% to 50%."</b></span>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834657295975694356.post-87477858923537704712019-06-10T22:16:00.002+01:002019-06-15T20:32:04.143+01:00My London: "The 'living hell' of life next to Ealing HS2 construction site - where walls shake and air pollution is soaring"<br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>"Constant </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">shaking from HS2 construction work has East Acton residents describing a 'living hell', with some fearing for the structural safety of their homes.
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"One mother living on Wells House Road said the air pollution coming from the Old Oak Common site had seen her 12-year-old son hospitalised with breathing difficulties and put on oxygen, despite not having asthma.
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834657295975694356.post-44703387243861762912019-06-10T22:07:00.002+01:002019-06-10T22:09:45.737+01:00[New train services via Old Oak Common] 'Wembley Matters': "'Full participation on Brent Cross West Station plans or we will go to law,' Capita-Barnet told"<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834657295975694356.post-18027994700570333352019-05-03T00:14:00.003+01:002019-05-03T00:15:23.035+01:00South China Morning Post: "Regency Heights: connected London living without the price tag"<span style="color: purple;"></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span><i></i><br />
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<b><span style="color: purple; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Just over 20 minutes from the city centre by road or rail, the £26 billion (HKD 267.25bn) regeneration masterplan for the district will see Old Oak Common become the only high-speed rail interchange served by both Crossrail and HS2. Improving access across London, South East England and the wider UK, this will serve to make property in the area even more sought-after and is expected to drive up prices and rents considerably in the coming years.
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>"This burgeoning area is already seeing high demand from high-end tenants attracted by cheaper prices than Central London. Even in the early stage of regeneration, property values for single-bed and three-bedroom apartments in NW10 increased by 56 percent from 2013 to 2018, with rent values up 13 to 17 percent over the same period. The arrival of Crossrail, HS2 and other amenities will see this price growth accelerate in the years ahead." </b></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>[Unless it doesn't.]</i></span><br />
<b></b><span style="color: purple;"></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="color: red;"></span><b></b><i></i><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834657295975694356.post-43347061584073982742019-03-02T13:29:00.000+00:002019-03-02T13:29:17.294+00:00Until 3 March 2019: "HS2 Ltd.: Old Oak Common Station design engagement"<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"The new HS2 Old Oak Common Station will help kick-start the UK' largest regeneration project, which aims to transform the former railway and industrial area, into a new neighbourhood supporting up to 65,000 jobs and 25,500 new homes.
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"The new station will be built on the former Great Western Railway depot at Old Oak Common in North West London. When the high speed services start running in 2026, it will take only nine minutes to get to <span style="background-color: yellow;"><a href="https://www.hs2.org.uk/stations/london-euston/">London Euston</a></span> and 38 minutes to <span style="background-color: yellow;"><a href="https://www.hs2.org.uk/stations/birmingham-curzon-street/">Birmingham Curzon Street</a></span>.
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"The six high-speed platforms will be situated underground with an integrated connection to the adjoining conventional station at ground level via a stylish shared overbridge providing seamless connections between HS2 and Elizabeth line (Crossrail) trains, to Heathrow and central London.
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"The station design has been developed by engineering consultants, WSP, and architects, WilkinsonEyre, and so far it includes plans for:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A light and airy concourse linking both halves of the station.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A soaring roof inspired by the site’s industrial heritage.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A new public park to welcome visitors and provide a new focal point for the growing community.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">New shops and retail spaces.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Seamless interchanges to other train services and alternative types of transport such as the bus, walking and cycling networks.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"You can find out more about our station design in our Old Oak Common Station Design leaflet <span style="background-color: yellow;"><a href="https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/commonplace-customer-files/hs2inoldoak/HS2+OOC+Leaflet+v12+FINAL-compressed.PDF">here</a></span>.</span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"We would like to hear your views on our design vision and the themes of the developing design for Old Oak Common Station. In particular, we would like to understand your views on our design objectives around:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The use of public spaces in and around the station.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Enabling growth and regeneration in the area.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Celebrating local heritage in its designs.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Connecting the local area.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Integrating into the wider Old Oak Common area.</span></li>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Complete our questionnaire online or offline
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Please let us know your views by completing our online questionnaire here before midnight on 3 March 2019. Alternatively you can attend one of our five station design engagement events where you can fill in a printed questionnaire form. You can find details of when and where our engagement events are <span style="background-color: yellow;"><a href="https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/commonplace-customer-files/hs2inoldoak/HS2%20OOC%20Questionnaire%20v7%20FINAL.pdf">here</a></span>.
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"If you would like to submit a copy of the questionnaire by email or by post, you can find the printable questionnaire here and return it:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">By post: FREEPOST HS2 Community Engagement</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">By email: HS2enquiries@hs2.org.uk</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Please return the questionnaire by midnight on 3 March 2019.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"If you have any questions or comments please contact HS2enquiries@hs2.org.uk or call 08081 434 434 and refer to 'HS2 in Old Oak'."
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>"Three </b></span><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">huge disused yellow container cranes at Willesden, west London have been removed to make way for a major new HS2 Rail Logistics Hub to support the construction of the new high-speed line's London tunnels.
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"The 22-metre high cranes, weighing up to 290 tonnes, have stood above the track next to the busy west coast mainline for almost 30 years. Each one had to be lifted up and moved 100 metres to the side, so they could be safely dismantled away from passing trains.
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"The removal of the three cranes was one of the most complex engineering challenges the project has faced so far, requiring thousands of hours of planning and preparation."
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">"Since the publication of the <a href="https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/cycling/east-west-phase-2/user_uploads/east-west-wood-lane-to-acton.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0055cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: yellow;">consultation report</span></a> in August 2017, and after careful consideration of the consultation responses, we have decided to make some changes to the design of the Wood Lane to Acton scheme. </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">"A report has now been published that outlines these design changes as well as setting out other key issues we have considered including the response to specific issues raised from the consultation.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">"Construction work on the route is set to begin on 18 March 2019, with the work expected to be complete by the end of the year. We will notify everyone who may be impacted by these works before we start construction."</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #202020; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">"The Programme Officer is responsible for managing the day to day arrangements of the examination process before and during the period of the examination, recording all documents submitted, arranging for the inspection of sites by the Inspector and dealing with correspondence on his behalf to those have made representations, including requests for </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #202020; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">and</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #202020; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> exchange of all statements.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"This will include any communication or correspondence between the Inspector and the Corporation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"For more guidance on the examination procedure and my role, The Planning Inspectorate has produced a booklet ‘Examining Local Plans Procedural Practice’. A copy of this document is available for viewing or downloads on the Planning Inspectorate' s Planning Portal web site:</span><br />
<strong><a href="https://bankssolutionsuk.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=aba1a66d82118e3534c9fd24e&id=d801cd49fd&e=8ffa9daa0d" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #202020; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: yellow; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/uploads/pins/dpd_procedure_guide.pdf</span></a></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"The Inspector has published Draft Matters, Issues and Questions (ID-04) plus an Advice Note (ID-05) for participating in the hearings including the procedure for submitting written hearing statements. I have also published a draft hearing programme (ID-07), with details of what matter will be heard on which days. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"It is important to note that, as per the Inspectors Advice Note (ID-05), the Programme is subject to change. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"It would [have been] helpful if people could contact me by <strong>5.30pm Monday 18<sup>th</sup> February 2019</strong> to advise if they wish to participate as per the Inspectors Advice note (ID-05). A simple email advising you wish to participate, who you are, who you represent (a <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #202020; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">representor</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #202020; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> ID would be helpful) and what your issues are, as per your original representation, in relation to the Inspectors draft Matters, Issues and Questions. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Please find attached relevant documents:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ID-04- Inspectors draft Matters and Issues</span><br />
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<a href="https://bankssolutionsuk.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=aba1a66d82118e3534c9fd24e&id=05a281cd1a&e=8ffa9daa0d" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #202020; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: yellow; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">https://gallery.mailchimp.com/aba1a66d82118e3534c9fd24e/files/2c6b16eb-ed40-412b-a55f-19646f0d98e5/ID_04_OPDC_Matters_and_Issues_v2a_17.1.19.docx</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ID-05 Hearing Advice Note</span><br />
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<a href="https://bankssolutionsuk.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=aba1a66d82118e3534c9fd24e&id=c962a52150&e=8ffa9daa0d" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #202020; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: yellow; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">https://gallery.mailchimp.com/aba1a66d82118e3534c9fd24e/files/f24e652c-4d56-4388-8f04-be7eba28c405/ID_05_Hearing_Sessions_Advice_14.1.19.01.docx</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ID-07 Draft Programme</span><br />
<a href="https://bankssolutionsuk.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=aba1a66d82118e3534c9fd24e&id=c00d73f0f8&e=8ffa9daa0d" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #202020; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: yellow; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">https://gallery.mailchimp.com/aba1a66d82118e3534c9fd24e/files/5ba54cf2-7c5b-4662-9888-5a56832851be/ID_07_OPDC_Draft_Programme_V2_.doc</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">All pertinent updates are published on the examination webpage:</span><br />
<a href="https://bankssolutionsuk.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=aba1a66d82118e3534c9fd24e&id=9a59d70d7e&e=8ffa9daa0d" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #202020; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: yellow; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">https://www.london.gov.uk/about-us/organisations-we-work/old-oak-and-park-royal-development-corporation-opdc/get-involved-opdc/opdc-local-plan/submission-and-examination/examination-documents</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Check here for details of the examination programme and any new documents submitted to the Inspector. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"A full set of paper examination documents will be made available on request at OPDC Offices, 169 Union Street, London SE1 0LL. If you require any assistance accessing documents relating to the Local Plan, please contact me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Email is the preferred method of communication; it's cost-effective, traceable and an accepted method for formal communication. Should you wish to be added to our list for examination updates please contact us at <a href="mailto:bankssolutionsuk@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #202020; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:bankssolutionsuk@gmail.com"><span style="background-color: yellow;">bankssolutionsuk@gmail.com</span></a> with your preferred email address.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"My usual working hours are between <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #202020; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">9am</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #202020; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> and </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #202020; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">5pm</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #202020; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> but happy to deal with a reasonable level of queries outside of those times, I understand some people may not have the opportunity to contact me during work hours."<br />
<br /><span style="color: blue;">Charlotte Glancy<br />
<strong>Programme Officer</strong></span></span></span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834657295975694356.post-38186115791198584552019-01-19T18:43:00.005+00:002019-01-19T18:43:48.794+00:00The Observer: "All stations to regeneration? Work on HS2 begins in earnest"<br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">"The </span>wealthy inhabitants of 18th-century Piccadilly dug deep when choosing a resting place in the new, overflow St James burial ground in Camden: the less likely to be disturbed by later arrivals to London’s packed cemeteries. But even a stone casket eight metres down only buys you so much peace when a £56bn train line comes knocking.
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>"The first big dig on HS2's route out of Euston is bringing up the bones of some 40,000 people, and these are the lucky ones. Records suggest 61,000 bodies were interred, but about a third were removed to expand the rail terminus in the 19th century – and without, current archaeologists maintain, the care they are now taking to keep each skeleton apart.
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>"Closed in 1853 over fears of cholera, the cemetery eventually became a park – St James Gardens – shaded until last year with dozens of London plane trees. Today, it is bare earth, dug down in steps, under a huge rig of canvas and scaffolding, platforms and lighting, covering the site from rain and public view."
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