Tuesday 20 Dec 2005
COMMUNITY INVITED TO INFORMATION SESSION
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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 will hold an information session on Wednesday 11 January 2006 at the Armitage Village Hall between 10am and 8 pm. Members of the local community 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 Armitage area will include the widening of embankments and cuttings, the installation of new drainage, and the modifying and installing of power and signalling equipment. In addition, there will also be work carried out on three bridges including the Old Road rail bridge, the Lichfield Road road bridge and the New Road rail bridge.
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