HS2 HS2 gathers pace as it recruits staff to deliver Committee). The Working Group also had a in Bucks) engineers to consider whether it the project and engages with contractors to meeting with Cheryl Gillan MP who is still a would be mutually beneficial to pass some tender large packages of works. supporter of our efforts. of their diverted spring water through the pond. Surprise, surprise, they are considering We have, owing to the reluctance of our just that. They’re not sure if it’s feasible but Environment News The Court of Appeal decided to hear Chris MP to ask questions of government on the it’s being considered. Packham’s appeal regarding an application Mined Tunnel, asked certain Lords to ask for permission for judicial review of the them for us. The process requires us to Bentonite Prime Minister’s decision to proceed with develop the questions with our lobbyist. The As I have reported previously HS2/EKFB Lord then takes them to the House and asks intend to use Bentonite, a slurry compound the HS2 railway project. them in writing. The government's transport that waterproofs and/or lubricates, during representative in the Lords answers them the drilling process for the 50m deep pile The hearing took place 8 July 2020. also in writing. foundations for the viaduct at Smalldean. Lord Justice Lewison held that the matter is Bentonite is not quite as innocuous as HS2 of “considerable public interest” and ordered The round of questions can be found by would have us believe. Network Rail know that a rolled-up hearing be listed before mid- visiting by following the direct link www. that Bentonite in watercourses used for July in light of the fact that further works by wendover-pc.gov.uk/post/tabled-written- human or animal consumption is hazardous HS2 Ltd and its contractors are scheduled to questions-put-to-the-government to health. I’m told that quite a few homes take place. and farms in the Smalldean area rely on bore Michael Byng holes for their water. I have had a meeting Michael has developed his report on the with Simon Mathews of EKFB and discussed The Working Group mined tunnel to a “Final” state which can the abstraction issue. EKFB are aware that The Wendover team has continued refining be found by following the direct link www. there is a problem and that this problem our presentation and to prepare our wendover-pc.gov.uk/post/read-michaelis exacerbated by poor records. There is a presentations as requested by The Transport byng-s-report-proving-a-mined-tunnel-isrelatively new necessity to record and to Select Committee and The Treasury. One cheaper-quicker-and-greener license bore holes but none are recorded of the reasons that people are reluctant in the WPC area. If you have a bore hole for to engage with the enormity of HS2 is the your house do let us know. This info can be complication. We have therefore designed, Face to Face Meeting Dave Hindle takes most of the credit here, a We are continuing in our attempt to get a treated in confidence. graphic at a glance comparison. meaningful face to face meeting with both DfT/HS2 and with the contractors. Before In Brief The graphic can be found following the taking meetings of this kind it is important So, with issues of transparency and fairness. direct link www.wendover-pc.gov.uk/post/ for us to have the latest data on noise, Groundwater, flooding, redirection and now simplified-representation-of-the-mined- hydrology, viaduct design etc. pollution. Habitat destruction. Noise, the tunnel-comparison-with-the-proposed-hs2permanent strangulation of the A413, the scheme Hampden Pond ruin of the Cricket Club I haven’t had room Knowing that the lack of stability of water for my update on Mark Thurston. Sarah Olney MP (Lib Dem, Shadow Secretary levels at Hampden Pond causes concerns in Tom Walsh of State for Transport) has offered to meet the village I asked EKFB (Eiffage Kier Ferrovial Chairman 13/08/2015 15:09 Page 1Parish Council with us, as has Julie Marson MP. (Treasury BAM JV, the main civil Wendover_News_2015_update4 contractors for HS2 Wendover
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