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High Speed 2 Line

Answer

Excavated material arising from the construction of Phase One of HS2 will be transported along the construction corridor (site haul) where it is reasonably practicable to do so. Where that is not possible, or for movement along longer distances, the material will be transported by public highway, along designated routes. Where reasonably practicable, rail has been considered for the transportation of large quantities of excavated material over long distances. There are currently no plans to move any of the excavated material by river.

The approximate quantities and relative proportion of each of these transportation methods, allocated to broad sections of the proposed route is set out in the table below. These figures reflect the assumptions reported in the Environmental Statement deposited alongside the Phase One Bill and, as such, are a plausible worst case in terms of both total volume of excavated material and proportion transport by highway and rail. The project has made a commitment to maximise the amount of excavated material transported by rail and are working to increase the proportion transport by rail and decrease the proportion transported by highway wherever reasonably practicable.

(All figures are in million tons and movements may include multiple handling)

	Site Haul	Public Highway Haul	Rail Haul
Central London & Metropolitan area	16.9 (56%)	4 (13%)	9.46 (31%)
Buckinghamshire Northants & Warwickshire Country areas	72.4 (80%)	17.9 (20%)	- (0%)
West Midlands Metropolitan area	29.9 (61%)	18.9 (39%)	- (0%)
Total Phase One Routewide	119.2 (70%)	40.8 (24%)	9.46 (6%)

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

HL6509

Session

2015-16

Related items

Railways: Devon
Wednesday, 10 February 2016
Written questions
House of Lords

Subjects

Construction Excavation Transport High Speed 2 line Waste

Contains statistics

Yes

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