31-Oct-2014

Roads, Rights of Way & Tunnels

Tunnel Proposals

CRAG ( tunnel to Wendover )

Extension of a full bored tunnel, beyond Wendover - see Slides ( Images © Chilterns Conservation Board ). Option 1b ( at £1.88bn , net cost + optimism bias/contingency) is the current HS2 working design; option T2 ( £2.07 bn ) is being promoted by CRAG and others. ( A revised version of these documents is expected 'soon' - Jan 2013 )

• The Chiltern Tunnel Extension proposal ( CRAG option ) ( November 2013 ), &
• "The Case for a Full Chilterns Tunnel" ( Brett report ; October 2012 ?? )
• Tunnel Portals ( FOI response )
• CRAG-HS2 meeting 28-Jan-2013 - minutes
• Executive Summary and full report by Peter Brett associates; press release
• Original Chiltern Ridges Action Group proposal ( this version - July 2011, extracted from Conserve the Chilterns and Countryside (CCC) submission to the consultation ( pdf )
• HS2 Ltd additional tunnelling report ( Jan 2012 )

South Heath Tunnel Extension

The Residents Environmental Protection Association report ( submitted as a response to the Draft ES Consultation )

Safety Considerations

Safety concerns ( in Arup report ) regarding Tunneling through the Chilterns

Roads etc

• New Roads to Trace from A413 - talk at Bucks Summit, 8-Oct-14
• *New* Chilterns Conservation Board position statement
• Chesham Society response to CCB

Composite Chiltern Society footpath map for AoNB -

• Full Size ( 9.6Mb )
• 50% reduced ( 1.4Mb )

Planned works - spreadsheets listing footpath & road crossings, sites of construction camps etc, based on Nov 2012 maps -

• (Feb 2013) Combined AoNB sheets, with Central Forum comments;
  see also, the Chesham Society response
  
• Wendover to Leather Lane ( see also clarification re Leather & Bowood Lanes )
• Leather Lane to Little Missenden

Letter from Douglas Oakervee to Cheryl Gillian, re Frith Hill, Leather Lane closures

Proposal to preserve 'Lanes' in the AoNB

Construction phase

The conditions governing the contracts to construct HS2 will presumably be the same all along the line, & set by some higher level body.... but here are some items for consideration -

• Official Draft Code of Construction Practice ( Arup, Dec 2012 )
• Draft Code of Construction Practice ( Rev A, Sep 2012 ) - ( thanks, Google & LB of Camden )
• Suggested Wishlist
• Site Code of Practice ( from Considerate Constructors Scheme website )
• More on contracts & contractors