SPOILed for choice | HS2 opens third conveyor
HS2 has opened a new spoil conveyor, near Wendover, designed to take around 70,000 lorry journeys off Buckinghamshire’s roads and significantly reduce disruption for local residents during the construction of the UK’s new high speed rail line.
The conveyor will stretch for 1.3km between two construction sites on either side of the A413 and local railway line, south of the town of Wendover. It is expected to carry 550,000 cubic metres of chalk and other material over the next two years and will remove the need to shift the material along the main road.
The Wendover conveyor is fully contained to reduce dust and noise and made up of five sections, with temporary bridges across the main road and the existing Chiltern railway line. It will transport material – mainly chalk – excavated from cuttings to the south, to be reused in earthworks elsewhere on the route.
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0:00 Introduction
0:16 The challenge
0:33 The possible solutions
1:05 Choosing to build a conveyor
1:24 How does it work?
1:52 What are the benefits of using the conveyor?
2:06 The conveyor in operation
2:22 Finding the right solution
2:36 Close
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