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Recent content by Jimbo

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    Redevelopment Plans for Liverpool Street - Development Policy Going Backwards

    I couldn’t agree more. I think how much more beautiful Cannon St might have been had the glass barrel-vaulted roof survived the War too.
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    Redevelopment Plans for Liverpool Street - Development Policy Going Backwards

    Hi Everyone, Do we know how many objections there were yet please? Thanks.
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    London's Worst Station

    I agree wholeheartedly. If they insisted on keeping it open to the elements (given British weather, I struggle to understand why unless it was the usual cost saving), why on Earth did they clad the floor with shiny tiles that are dangerously slippery in wet/British weather?
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    HS2 Old Oak Common

    Does anyone know how much of the OOC box has been excavated to date please? We’ve only had fragments of information in various updates, articles etc. Also, when do they currently expect to f8nish excavation? Thanks!
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    East-West Rail (EWR): Consultation updates [not speculation]

    Does anyone know when the results of the non-statutory consultation into changes to the Bletchley to Bedford line are due to be published? I appreciate the recent uncertainty on political backing for the next phases was unhelpful, but what is taking East West Rail Co. take so long?
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    HS2 construction updates

    Does anyone know how many of the 56 piers on the Colne Valley viaduct have been completed? Plus, how they’re getting on with installing the viaduct segments please?
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    Why the Portishead Delay?

    Isn’t it approaching the deadline for the Secretary of State to determine the outcome of the DCO? Are there indications on when around 18 April it will be announced please?
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    Crossrail - Construction updates and progress towards opening (now expected 24 May 2022)

    Why does Abbey Wood require a “full re-wire” please?
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    NPR - the shambles continues

    @quantinghome - what was Operation Princess, out of interest?
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    East-West Rail (EWR): Oxford-Bletchley construction progress

    Thanks @swt_passenger for the kind reply - exactly what I was trying to find and much appreciated. I shall be able to track progress more clearly!
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    East-West Rail (EWR): Oxford-Bletchley construction progress

    I’m really sorry if it has been posted earlier, but would someone be able to share a link to the TWAO plans/section drawings please? I’ve seen them before, but I can’t for the life of me find them! Thank you.

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