{"id":936,"date":"2013-11-26T22:12:38","date_gmt":"2013-11-26T22:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/?page_id=936"},"modified":"2025-05-15T17:30:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T16:30:27","slug":"hs2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/hs2\/","title":{"rendered":"HS2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Packington HS2 Residents Group update 2025<\/span><\/h2>\n
HS2 progress in our vicinity is currently suspended<\/strong> while effort continues on the London to Birmingham link, and on the Birmingham to Manchester Phase 2b route.\u00a0 <\/span><\/div>\n
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Under an Integrated Rail Plan, IRP<\/strong>, our Eastern Phase 2b route extension from Birmingham has been altered to now not go to Leeds, but to terminate at East Midlands and rejoin the National rail network there.<\/span><\/div>\n
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HS2 draft detailed maps for the route<\/strong> are now online, here: https:\/\/www.hs2.org.uk\/documents\/hs2-phase-2b-event-maps-appleby-parva-to-ashby-de-la-zouch\/<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
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Page 3 of 4 shows Map 35 of their document LA03 relating to Packington:<\/span><\/div>\n
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We’ve given you a handy summary below!\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n

There are also 17 fact-sheets available with generic answers (not particular to Packington) at<\/span>
https:\/\/www.hs2.org.uk\/documents\/collections\/hs2-phase-2b-factsheets\/<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
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The Packington HS2 Residents Group is trying to get the best outcome for Packington.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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The basic route was confirmed last year, but detail is still being worked on by HS2.\u00a0 As well as the rail line, we can try to influence the construction process, and the noise and visual impacts on Packington residents.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


Tell us what you think or what you notice – together we can reduce the impact of HS2 on our village.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Terry Hammond<\/span><\/div>\n
07882 325416<\/span><\/div>\n
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Packington HS2 Residents Group update \u2013 Explanation of the Packington Map in the H<\/b><\/span>S2 documents of 4 <\/b><\/span>June 2018<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

HS2 released their draft design online on 4th<\/sup> June 2018, ready for their series of roadshows running 4th<\/sup> June to 14th<\/sup> July.<\/p>\n

Summary of maps available on-line<\/b><\/p>\n

The HS2 maps put detail onto the route announced in July 2017.\u00a0 They are work in progress – the design will continue to be altered & tweaked throughout the year.<\/p>\n

The maps don\u2019t show any sound barriers \/ earthworks to hide the HS2 line. They don\u2019t show the roads that construction traffic will use<\/b> to travel to \/ between construction sites.<\/p>\n

The Packington Map<\/a> is on page 3 of 4, number 35,\u00a0 of this document LA03 showing the route between Appleby Parva and Ashby de la Zouch.<\/p>\n

Starting at the left of the page, and moving right\u2026<\/p>\n

1). The first area to note is around Five Lanes End<\/b><\/p>\n

Due to the massive cutting at Five lanes end (which should be a tunnel instead) the Willesley Woodside lane will be removed<\/strong> \u2013 The route to Hicks lodge will connect instead to Measham road beside junction 12 of the A42.\u00a0 That removes the historic Trigonometric point and the Severn Trent Water reservoir on that lane.<\/p>\n

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2). Next is there will be a bridge added near Junction 12, for the B4116 Measham Road \u2013 <\/b>As the bridge is to be where the road currently is, HS2 will either have to shut the road for a few months whilst building the bridge, or put in a temporary road alongside.<\/p>\n

3). Beside Junction 12 of the A42 there will be a main construction compound<\/b> for the area. (The yellow area, which will be between the A42 and the solar farm). It will be there for approx. 5 years \u2013 there will be peaks and lulls in construction. Having this right beside the A42 Junction, <\/span>should<\/i><\/span> help keep construction traffic away from Packington\u2019s roads.<\/span><\/p>\n

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4). There will be an <\/span>electrical substation<\/b><\/span> behind the sewage plant, where the railway comes off a 4m high embankment \u2013 <\/span>The position of this substation cannot be moved any distance due to its function. Note that just here, there could be a lot of flashes from the overhead lines that the trains take their power from, as trains move from one electrical section to the next.<\/span><\/p>\n

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5). There is then a cutting through Plant\u2019s Hill,<\/b> that will be visible from any part of Packington that can see across to Plant\u2019s farm and the hill.<\/p>\n

6). Vicarage Lane, <\/b>which is a public right of way, a bridleway and a farm access track, <\/b>will be diverted up the hill onto a bridge over the HS2 line, before re-joining the current bridge over the A42. For Packington, this is better than a tunnel under the line, because\u2026<\/p>\n