HS2 Solihull IAG Briefing
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HS2 Solihull IAG Briefing Jonathan Lord, Interim Head of Engagement, North Area – HS2 Andy deBell, Stakeholder Manager - BBV Nick Cuming, Engagement Manager – BBV Katrien Goossens, Community Engagement Lead- LM Melanie Ryan, Engagement Manager - LM 12 July 2021
HS2 Project Update
Phase 2b Update
Procurement for a contractor to build Interchange Station will commence this year, and
the successful contractor will be appointed in 2022.
Planned distribution of Contact Cards for elected members
Enabling Works Update
Interchange area
Fiona Woolston, LM Engagement Manager
July 2021
*Dates and works outlined in this presentation have the potential to change; all timeline/work changes will be communicated
The Interchange area Toby
Carvery
Melbicks
Garden
Quartz Point Centre A45
Business Park
M42
NEC
Birmingham Business Park
Holiday Inn
Birmingham Business Park
Fujitsu
A452
Melbicks Garden Centre
Quartz Point Business Park
Area A & B
Highways bridges Traffic Management
lookahead
Proposed
Description of works
duration
When the future HS2 Interchange Station is operational, four new highways bridges will connect the current road
network to new routes we are creating. The first of these new highways bridges was safely installed in August 2020
over the M42. In Summer 2021, we’ll carry out various activities to fully reinstate this road.
Temporary, overnight lane closures on the M42 for two nights to complete street lighting.
We’ll inform you of the full details of these traffic measures before they take effect via our usual notification process.
August 2021
When the future HS2 Interchange Station is operational, four new highways bridges will connect the current road
network to new routes we are creating. The second of these new highways bridges was safely installed in October
2020 over the A446. In July 2021, we’ll carry out various activities to fully reinstate the A446 and A452.
Temporary, overnight road closures on the A446 for two to three nights for the barrier reorientation.
We’ll inform you of the full details of these traffic measures before they take effect via our usual notification process.
Highways development
programme in focus
• To date, LM has carried out several successful weekend
closures in the Interchange area to connect parts of the
existing network to the new routes that have been created,
and installed new pedestrian footpaths, kerb lines and
central reservations in the area. The next weekend closure is
scheduled for August 2021. London
• Upon completion, a new T-junction will replace Northway
Island, which is currently located over the M42. A new
‘longabout’ is already in operation outside the Holiday Inn
Express NEC, on the way to the National Exhibition Centre
(NEC). In the future, you will be able to safely access all
routes east of the motorway by using HS2’s highways bridge
over the M42.
• As part of this programme, LM is also improving pedestrian
routes, central reservations and kerb lines.
• This programme will conclude July 2022 before the
Commonwealth Games.
Highways development
TM lookahead
• From Monday 19 July to Thursday
26 August, two short sections of
Northway Island will be closed.
Depending on your direction of
travel, you will no longer be able to
travel around the whole of the
Island. You may be redirected from
Northway Island, along the A452 or
B4438, and back.
• You will still be able to access all
routes, there will just be a short
diversion from some parts of
Northway Island. Direction of travel
along the B4438, A452 and
Northway will be unaffected.
• After 26 August, the direction of
travel outlined on slide 8 will be
reinstalled.
Other works
TM lookahead
• Vegetation clearance (subject to
obtaining the relevant consents).
• Temporary lane closures from
9.30am to 3.30pm each weekday,
between Thursday 8 July to
Friday 16 July, along a short
section of the A446 northbound
near Northway Island.
• These traffic measures will be
carried out in conjunction with a
new direction of travel for road
users around Northway Island,
which commenced on Monday 24
May (see slide 8).
Other works
TM lookahead
• Bat surveys (subject to obtaining
the relevant consents).
• Temporary, phased lane closures
from 9.30am to 3.30pm each
weekday between Monday 12
July to Thursday 15 July, and
Monday 19 July to Tuesday 20
July, along sections of the A446,
A452 and A45 near Stonebridge
Island.
• Throughout these works, varying
stretches of the road network will
be affected along the highlighted
routes for varying durations of
time. Works will be phased to
avoid overburdening the network.Communicating our TM and work
1 January - 25 June 2021
Collaborative
Public Stakeholder comms
Notifications Meetings events content campaigns
23 50 3 6 with SMBC,
HE and TfWMKenilworth Greenway progress Existing Diversion from Opportunities for Kenilworth Burton Green to small community Greenway Berkswell projects • Clearance complete • Construction complete • Community murals • Preparing for main • Schedule 17 ‘bringing • Planting/landscaping works into use’ • Handed over to • Communications plan Balfour Beatty VINCI – including cycling (BBV) stakeholders
Clearance and green corridor update • Clearance continues along the railway route as we prepare for main works • In some areas, we need to return to places we previously started to clear but couldn’t finish due to environment/ecology requirements and constraints • 2021 has been a successful year for maintaining and growing the green corridor, and investing cleared items back into the community
Park Lane / A452 roundabout progress
Park Lane widening A452 roundabout Community
and main works construction at Engagement for
compound Park Lane ongoing works
• Majority of the vegetation • Remobilised works in June • Regular face-to-face visits to
clearance complete along 2021. local residents and businesses.
Park Lane and A452. • Programme of works being • Notification giving an overview
• Park Lane widening complete finalised. of roundabout works and
some minor works • Now until the end of August remobilisation dates
outstanding for footpaths. 2021 - constructing central distributed in May 21.
• Compound and majority of running lane. • Ongoing advance notifications
Park Lane area handed over • Post August – constructing sent to stakeholders, local
to Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV). roundabout. Majority of residents, businesses and
works using single lane Parish Councils etc. to be sent
closure in central with changes in traffic
reservation. management.Community investment successes
1 January - 25 June 2021
Around Again charity Meriden Adventure Playground
Welcome Community Garden
Meriden Parish Council,
Leys Lane allotmenttNick Cuming, Stakeholder and Communications Manager
Overview of works in Solihull Mid/Late 2021 • Construction of the Coleshill Heath Road Laboratory, Workshop and Concrete Batching Plant • Earthworks Poole Brook Embankment. Stockpiling of aggregate for the ground improvement work • Complete demolition works of Top Hat and Tales A45 with crushing of concrete for reuse in the works • Works at main and satellite compounds • Earthworks for Interchange roundabout. Topsoil strip and place drainage starter layer under the footprint of the embankment and then continue with main earthworks • Continuation of Ground Investigation (GI) works to aid design • Surveys of the existing carriageway drainage A45/East Way/Service with night time traffic management • Creation of piling platform at Top Hat and Tales site for Service Road bridge • Mobilisation to Heath Park work area for bridge works over Coleshill Heath Road and M6
Compound –
Coleshill Heath
Road
• Work to construct the
compound began in June
2020 and we are currently
building the foundations
for the temporary buildings
• Preparation work is also
progressing for the
Concrete Batching Plant
• Site location identified by
red lineLocation of Coleshill Heath Road compound
Earthworks for
Interchange
Roundabout
• BBV has started topsoil
strip for the embankment
construction for the
interchange A446/A452
• A drainage starter layer to
be placed followed by the
main earthworksPark Lane haul route BBV have created an internal haul route starting from the Aston Martin roundabout on the A452 heading south towards Park Lane. BBV have completed 80% of this work which will accommodate site traffic when complete
Notifications for July 2021 1. Berkswell Station nighttime closures under possession June/July/August to erect hoarding at interface with HS2 bridge site 2. Truggist Lane, Berkswell Station 4 way traffic lights for plant crossing works 3. A45/East Way/Service Road night time lane closures to clean and survey existing carriageway drainage where HS2 goes under the A45
HS2 Additional update
CEF & BLEF update
By Local Authority area, Solihull Metropolitan
Borough Council have received the 6th highest
number of awards out of all Local Authority areas
across the line of route for Phase One.
To date 12 awards have been approved totallingjust
over £486,000. These are on the map and are
therefore in the public domain.
2 projects are not yet on the map as they are in the
process of agreeing their terms and conditions.
Map key;
Blue - Existing projects
Yellow - New projects added this month
Green - Completed projects
Square – Strategic projects
https://www.groundwork.org.uk/Sites/hs2funds/pages/hs2-
community-and-business-funds-project-map
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