Wendover Parish Council HS2 update As you will see in other pages on HS2, work is now continuing apace. The design and Schedule 17(3) application is in for Stoke Mandeville but contains no reference to any water diverted from the Wendover/Coombe Hill aquifer so wellies and boats may be needed downstream. There is a proposal to have a “microbore” tunnel beside the HS2 line to carry the water – 2.4m wide and 1.6km long! Not so micro! Could almost put a train down it……! The Planning applications for Wendover Small Dean Viaduct, Green Tunnel etc (Packages 3&4) have been delayed again, now due in March 2022. Could this be because of the technical difficulty of the current scheme?
meeting, it was resolved to continue with our lobbyist, Murray Stewart, but to change the focus towards exploring other mitigation options to improve the outcomes of the HS2 scheme, for residents of Wendover.
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Whilst a mined tunnel would solve the majority of our issues with noise and water, Here’s looking Cottages on Ellesborough Road awaiting demolition HS2 Ltd and the Government are firmly forward to against the idea. Our last hope for this is another “exciting” New Year with HS2! likely to be the Environment Agency. As Sheila Bulpett a result, at the December Parish Council Chair, WPC HS2 Working Group
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FREE WILLS & ESTATE PLANNING SURGERIES IN WENDOVER LIBRARY Thursday 13th & 27th January Thursday 10th & 24th February 12:00 – 14:00 If you have questions or queries, please come to the surgeries where I will be happy to see and advise you. After over 20 years as a local private client solicitor, I started my specialist Wills & Estate Planning Consultancy in Wendover in January 2020. To find out more, or to arrange a consultation, please call me on 01296 415700 or send an email to iain@wanstallconsulting.co.uk www.wanstallconsulting.co.uk www.wendovernews.co.uk
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