PHASE ONE

DESIGN REFINEMENT CONSULTATION

ENGINE FOR GROWTH

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Introduction
Since the Governments announcement on its preferred route for Phase One, engineers and environmental specialists have continued developing the design of this route to ensure that it is as efficient, cost effective and environmentally friendly as is practicable, whilst also minimising impact on communities. This work has led HS2 Ltd to refine the design of the railway and in a small number of locations propose refinements to the design that go beyond simply developing the January 2012 design. In these cases the Secretary of State for Transport has decided to formally consult on his preferred option for a change. This will allow him to take the views of the public into consideration before making a final decision on whether the changes should be included within the design of HS2 submitted with the hybrid bill. The proposed changes are summarised in this leaflet. Further details of the proposed changes are provided in the Design Refinement consultation document.

Public information events

A series of public information events will be held in areas across the line of route. Details of these are listed overleaf.

HS2 will be holding a series of consultation events along the line of route. The events schedule is as follows:
COMMUNITY FORUM AREA
PRIMROSE HILL to KILBURN (CAMDEN) SOUTH RUISLIP to ICKENHAM EUSTON OFFCHURCH to CUBBINGTON THE CHALFONTS and AMERSHAM CENTRAL CHILTERNS WADDESDON and QUAINTON COLESHILL JUNCTION GREATWORTH to LOWER BODDINGTON CALVERT, STEEPLE CLAYDON, TWYFORD and CHETWODE BALSALL COMMON and HAMPTON IN ARDEN CASTLE BROMWICH and BROMFORD CURDWORTH to MIDDLETON LADBROKE and SOUTHAM STONELEIGH, KENILWORTH and BURTON GREEN WHITTINGTON to HANDSACRE WASHWOOD HEATH to CURZON STREET BIRMINGHAM INTERCHANGE and CHELMSLEY WOOD NEWTON PURCELL to BRACKLEY KILBURN (BRENT) to OLD OAK COMMON NORTHOLT CORRIDOR DRAYTON BASSETT, HINTS and WEEFORD COLNE VALLEY CAMDEN TOWN STOKE MANDEVILLE and AYLESBURY DUNSMORE, WENDOVER and HALTON

VENUE
Swiss Cottage Community Association, 19 Winchester Road, London NW3 3NR The Emerald Rooms, West End Road, Ruislip, Middx HA4 6QX Bengali Workers Association (Surma Community Centre), 1 Robert Street, London, NW1 3JU Cubbington Village Hall, Broadway, Cubbington, Leamington Spa, Warks CV32 7JS Chalfont St Giles Memorial Hall, School Lane, Chalfont St Giles, Bucks HP8 4JJ Great Missenden Memorial Centre & Buryfield Recreation Ground, Link Road, Great Missenden, Bucks HP16 9AE Waddesdon Village Hall, High St, Waddesdon, Bucks HP18 0JE The Link, 4 New Road, Water Orton, Birmingham, Warks B46 1QU Boddington Village Hall, Warwick Road, Upper Boddington, Northants NN11 6DH Calvert Green Village Hall / Calvert Green Community Hall, Cotswolds Way, Calvert Green, Bucks MK18 2FJ The Fentham Hall, Marsh Lane, Solihull, West Midlands B92 0AH Firs & Bromford Sports & Community Centre, Cameronian Croft, Bromford, West Midlands B36 8UB Middleton Recreation Room, Church Lane, Middleton, Tamworth, Staffs B78 2AL Graham Adams Centre, St James Road, Southam, Warks CV47 0LY Castle Farm Recreation Centre, Fishponds Road, Kenilworth, Warks CV8 1EY The Guildhall, Lichfield, Bore Street, Lichfield, Staffs WS13 6LX Thinktank, Millennium Point, Curzon St, Birmingham, West Midlands B4 7XG The Loft, Bluebell Centre, West Mall (above Asda), Chelmsley Wood Shopping Centre, Chelmsley Wood, West Midlands B37 5TN Brackley Town Hall, Market Place, Town Centre, Brackley, Northants NN13 7AB Old Oak Common Community and Childrens Centre, 76 Braybrook Street, London W12 0AP Perivale Community Centre, Horsenden Lane South, Perivale, Middx UB6 7NP Hints Village Hall, School Lane, Hints, Tamworth, Staffs B78 3DN Denham Village Memorial Hall, Village Road, Denham, Uxbridge, Middx UB9 5BN Castlehaven Community Association, 21 Castlehaven Road, London NW1 8RU Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Olympic Lodge Hotel, Guttmann Road, Aylesbury, Bucks HP21 9PP Wendover Memorial Hall, Wharf Road, Wendover, Bucks HP22 6HF

DATE*
Weds 22/05/2013 Thurs 23/05/2013 Fri 24/05/2013 Tues 28/05/2013 Weds 29/05/2013 Thurs 30/05/2013 Fri 31/05/2013 Sat 01/06/2013 Mon 03/06/2013 Tues 04/06/2013 Weds 05/06/2013 Thurs 06/06/2013 Fri 07/06/2013 Sat 08/06/2013 Mon 10/06/2013 Tues 11/06/2013 Weds 12/06/2013 Thurs 13/06/2013 Fri 14/06/2013 Sat 15/06/2013 Mon 17/06/2013 Tues 18/06/2013 Fri 21/06/2013 Sat 22/06/2013 Mon 24/06/2013 Sat 29/06/2013

*The events are open from 12 noon - 8pm on weekdays and 10am - 5pm on Saturdays Please check the website (www.HS2.org.uk) for any changes to event dates or venues.

Section of route

Proposed refinement
At Euston, to replace the January 2012 proposal to rebuild Euston Station with a revised proposal for a new station providing new shared passenger facilities to the front of the station while retaining 13 existing platforms, with only minor modification, at their current level on the eastern side of the site and 11 new platforms for high speed trains on the western side, constructed at a lower level In the London Borough of Camden, widen the North London Line viaduct between Kentish Town Road and Hawley Road to provide capacity for HS2 trains connecting onto HS1 in addition to local passenger and freight services using the line In the London Borough of Ealing, replace the proposed surface section of the route between Old Oak Common and Northolt with a bored tunnel including three new vent shafts In the Colne Valley, make provision so that a future link to Heathrow can be connected to the Phase One main line with the minimum of disruption to HS2 train services Also in the Colne Valley, move the proposed alignment of the Colne Valley viaduct by up to 60 metres to the north to reduce the disturbance to the River Colne Near Stoke Mandeville in Buckinghamshire, provide a maintenance loop to support efficient operation of the railway

Section of route

Proposed refinement
At Calvert, to improve access between the proposed Infrastructure Maintenance Depot and HS2 tracks to the south Near Wormleighton in Warwickshire, provide a maintenance loop to support efficient operation of the railway Near Chelmsley Wood, increase the height of the railway over the M42 and Coleshill Heath Road and move the route eastwards so that it is further away from the Chelmsley Wood residential area At Water Orton, move the line nearest Water Orton by up to 30 metres southwards in order to minimise visual and sound intrusion for local residents At Bromford, replace the proposed surface section of the route running beneath the M6 Bromford Viaduct with a bored tunnel At Washwood Heath, enhance access from the west to the HS2 rolling stock depot to improve operational flexibility At Curdworth, to make provision for a future extension to Leeds so that it can be connected to the HS2 Phase One main line with the minimum of disruption to HS2 train services

Euston Station

Calvert infrastructure maintenance depot Maintenance loop near Wormleighton Chelmsley Wood Curve

HS1-HS2 Link

Water Orton

Northolt corridor

Bromford

Washwood Heath

Heathrow junctions

Leeds junction

Colne Valley viaduct

Manchester junction

Maintenance loop near Stoke Mandeville

Near Lichfield, to realign the northern end of the Phase One route and make provision for a future extension to Manchester so that it can be connected to the HS2 Phase One line with the minimum of disruption to HS2 train services

Taking part in the consultation

You can find out more about the consultation, download the consultation document and learn how to respond at www.hs2.org.uk Please send your responses to these dedicated response channels by 11 July 2013: Online: you can provide your answers online at www.hs2.org.uk Response form: copies of the response form are available on the website at: www.hs2.org.uk or can be requested by phoning: 0300 123 1102 Email: you can email your completed response form to: HS2DesignRefinement@ipsos.com Post: you can post your completed response form and additional information to the following Freepost address: FREEPOST RTEC-AGCS-CZCY Design Refinement Consultation PO Box 1152 Harrow HA1 9LH Copies of the consultation document and response form are available free of charge from DfT Publications: 0300 123 1102 www.dft.gov.uk/orderingpublications Please contact the document order line on 0300 123 1102 to request alternative formats (braille, audio CD, etc.) or a translated version. If you have any further enquiries, please contact the HS2 enquiry line on 020 7944 4908 or by email to HS2enquiries@hs2.org.uk

The closing date for responses to this consultation is 11 July 2013

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