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Tuesday 25 Aug 2015

New proposals set out to reduce lorry movements in Shenfield and Brentwood

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New proposals have been set out by Network Rail that would significantly reduce lorry movements in Shenfield and Brentwood town centres as a result of the works to improve the railway for the Crossrail programme.

The proposals are for a temporary rail access point at Officers’ Meadow to the east of Shenfield station. The scheme, once operational, would allow the project to reduce Crossrail lorry movements in Brentwood and Shenfield town centres by up to 90%.

An information session is being held by Network Rail on Wednesday 2 September between 3.30pm and 8.30pm at Hutton Poplars Hall to allow local people to find out more about the proposals and to feed back their views before a planning application is submitted to Brentwood Borough Council. A short presentation about the proposals will be given on the hour from 4pm.

The proposals comprise a temporary access track, around 650m long, to be built from the A1203 (Chelmsford Road) and the construction of a temporary working and storage compound. The HGVs would deliver materials and equipment to the compound, from where it would be transferred onto rail vehicles.

The land would be required between December 2015 and December 2017 and the site would be fully restored to its previous condition after use. The site is on green belt land and planning permission would be required.

Matthew White, Surface Director at Crossrail said: “Residents have told us their concerns around the impact that Crossrail construction could have in the local area and so we have worked hard to find solutions to ensure that disruption for local people is kept to an absolute minimum. We believe that these proposals provide an opportunity to significantly reduce HGV movements in the town centre.

“I would urge local people to attend the information event so they can find out more about the proposals and let us know their thoughts.”

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For further information contact the Crossrail Press Office on 020 3229 9552 or email pressoffice@crossrail.co.uk

About Crossrail:

Network Rail is responsible for the design, development and delivery of the parts of Crossrail that are on the existing network.

The total funding available to deliver Crossrail is £14.8bn. The Crossrail route will serve 40 stations and run more than 100km from Reading and Heathrow in the west, through new twin-bore 21 km (13 miles) tunnels below central London to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east.

Crossrail is being delivered by Crossrail Limited (CRL). CRL is a wholly owned subsidiary of Transport for London. Crossrail is jointly sponsored by the Department for Transport and Transport for London.