![]() ![]() ![]() EWR attend our public Traffic Liaison Group meetings (TLGs) and are consulted on our contractor’s Local Traffic Management Plans. “We recognise that the community want clear and consistent communication, and we work closely with their community engagement team and appear together at the fortnightly Calvert Area Local Meetings. “We also hold monthly review sessions for health and safety and strategic planning and representatives from both organisations also jointly attend public information events in the local area. “Our design partners are in constant dialogue and we hold formal coordination meetings for construction and interface planning. It adds: “Finding some way of improving behaviour is, in our opinion, vital in avoiding any dangerous incidents as work becomes more intense.”Īn HS2 spokesperson added: “We are working closely with East West Rail (EWR) to coordinate our wider construction plans and minimise disruption for the local community. ![]() “We asked that processes be put in place to monitor these issues and ensure, as far as possible, that senior management of the two promoters take appropriate actions to bring their contractors and sub contractors to heel.” “During this meeting we expressed our concern about the behaviour of the contractors working for HS2 and EWR in terms of respecting the agreed conditions for construction, the effect of the additional traffic, speeding by contractors’ vehicles, failure to keep the road surfaces free of mud and their effect on the road surfaces and verges. The post adds: “The purpose of the trip was to bring Mr Tett up to speed on the local situation prior to a meeting with a representative of Steeple Claydon PC and the Chairs of the other local Parishes, Calvert Green, Charndon and Twyford at Twyford Village Hall. The roles have been created to tackle complaints made against HS2 contractors working on the first phase of the line in relation to “failing to stick to approved HGV routes introducing last minute traffic diversions damaging local roads and properties and using temporary land take for longer than originally set out”.Ĭharndon Parish Council has also complained about the behaviour of contractors working for HS2 and on the East West Rail line between Oxford and Cambridge.Ī post on the council’s website reveals that Buckinghamshire Council leader Martin Tett accompanied parish council leaders on an “extended drive” around the local area in December to see the effect of HS2 and East West Rail firsthand. Meanwhile, an East West Rail Company spokesperson said that the two infrastructure promoters continue to work "to minimise disruption for the local communities" (see full statements below).Īt the Transport Committee meeting, HS2 chief executive Mark Thurston also revealed that 13 senior leaders will be deployed along the line’s Phase One route between London and the West Midlands to ensure that its contractors comply with assurances it and the Department for Transport have made. ![]() In response to accusation about a lack of joined up thinking, a HS2 spokesperson said that both organisation work “closely to coordinate our wider construction plans and minimise disruption for the local community”. HS2 contractors will be delivering a bridge and some of the earthworks in the area before handing them over to the East West Rail Company. ![]()
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