In message , at 13:42:08 on Sun, 6 Dec 2020,
GB remarked:
On 06/12/2020 11:21, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 11:16:28 on Sun, 6 Dec
2020, Certes remarked:
On 06/12/2020 00:18, Basil Jet wrote:
https://www.newcivilengineer.com/lat...ndon-station-p
lans-23-09-2020/***** Transport for London (TfL) has said it
cannot fund plans to modify the* under-construction Brent Cross
West station to enable a connection to* the proposed West London
Orbital (WLO) railway.
*Platform space has been reserved at the station for the WLO
railway – a* London Overground extension which would involve the
opening up of a* freight railway for passenger use.
*However in a letter to Barnet Council, TfL said that given the
“current* financial climate” and while it awaits “longer term
certainty” on* funding, it is unable to contribute the estimated
£1.4M needed to make* the design changes.
*The transport operator added that there are no potential
alternative funding sources that would be “available within the
required timescale”.
*The Brent Cross West project is part of urban regeneration plans
for the* wider Brent Cross area. It involves the construction of a
new rail* station that will be linked to the nearby Brent Cross
South scheme and* is scheduled for completion by the end of 2022.
*Approved by Barnet Council, the proposed design changes to
incorporate* the WLO would introduce an additional island platform
and connections to* the footbridge.
*TfL did express continued support for the WLO, emphasising that
feasibility work is ongoing.
*As such, the project is “still identified as a scheme that can
help support the vital shift away from private car use” and the
decision “does not preclude the future integration” of the WLO
at the station.
*TfL said: “Serving Brent Cross West remains a priority for the
WLO project and the design information you have helpfully provided
will be a* useful basis for the future feasibility work on the WLO.
It will help* inform the most effective and cost-efficient option
for integration when* we reach that stage in the project. We will
continue to ensure you are* kept informed of how this work progresses.”
I wonder how much it would cost to widen platform 4 at Cricklewood to
become an island with a second face serving the Dudding Hill line.
No bridges or lifts required.* There's even a crossover in the perfect
place to rejoin the right line for the return journey.
D we know if the £1.4m above is the cost of the extra construction,
or the cost of doing the study to work out how much it costs to alter
the design to make such construction possible in the future?
That's going to be an absolutely massive housing development. Thousands
of homes. Sorting out the transport links is essential to it being a
decent place to live, and it sounds like the cost is quite modest.
Is the modest cost the planning, or the delivery? And you'd have
thought that TfL would have realised that thousands of homes would
produce enough SIL (or whatever) funding, but they say there's nothing
available.
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Roland Perry