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Monday 13 Mar 2006

COMMUNITY INVITED TO INFORMATION CENTRES

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As part of its commitment to keep the community fully informed about the Trent Valley Four Tracking (TV4) project, Network Rail is holding two information centres in the area: Whittington Village Hall, Langton Crescent, Tuesday 21 March, 10am to 7.30pm; and Armitage Village Hall, Thursday 30 March, 10am to 8pm. Local people are invited to come and discuss the works with representatives from Network Rail. Project managers and engineers will be on hand to answer any queries people may have about the project. The TV4 project is part of the £8bn upgrade of the West Coast main line, and involves the doubling of the railway to four tracks along a 19km section between Armitage and Tamworth to remove a major bottleneck. Work in the Whittington areaLichfield area includes upgrading the bridge at Burton Road, removing the level crossing at Hademore and replacing it with a road bridge and replacing three rail bridges in the Huddlesford area. Also included in the works are extensions to existing embankments to allow the installation of the additional two tracks. Work in the Armitage area includes widening embankments and cuttings and installing new drainage. Work will also be undertaken on three bridges on Old Road, Lichfield Road and the New Road.