Travel hotspots affecting Havering next week

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Havering Travel Update

Information from Havering Council about possible travel hotspots next week

Week ending: Friday 18 March 2016

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District Line closure

On Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 March, no service between Tower Hill and West Ham while we carry out track and drainage replacement work at Aldgate East as well as Crossrail work at Whitechapel. Replacement buses operate.

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London Overground closures

On Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 March, no service between Romford and Upminster due to Crossrail works. Please use local London Buses services instead.

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TfL Rail closures

Every Sunday until 8am, buses replace trains between Shenfield and Ilford, due to Network Rail track works.

On Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 March. No service Liverpool Street to Shenfield due to planned engineering works. Please use TfL Rail replacement buses.

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Rail upgrade work

Until Sunday 10 April, improvement work is taking place on the line between London Liverpool Street and Ingatestone. Bus replacement services will operate. Passengers are advised to check details of their journey here.

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Harold Wood Station

Over the extended Easter weekend, works will be taking place to complete the lift shaft and overhead piling works. This will take place from 11pm on Thursday 24 March until midnight on Monday 28 March.

From April until June, work will begin on refurbishing the existing ticket hall, and the temporary ticket hall in the car park will come into use.

Gidea Park Station

A temporary ticket office has been positioned outside the main station ticket hall. Ticketing services will be available from the temporary ticket office when the existing ticket hall is closed for refurbishment in March 2016. 

Until March 2016 the station footbridge is being stripped of rust and old paint with much of the work being done overnight.

Until June 2016 two lift shafts are being built which involves driving steel piles into the ground.

Until September 2016 platform extension works at the eastern end of the station will be taking place, including some sheet piling.

Gidea Park sidings

Until May 2016 extensive work will be taking place at the sidings, including some night-time deliveries by rail and road.

Until October 2016 the existing sidings will be extended towards the A127 bridge, including vegetation clearance and building of a new retaining wall. This will include some weekend working.

Romford Station work

Until April 2016 work will take place, between 11.30pm each Friday and 5am each Monday, to build the new platforms, which will include some pile driving.

Over the extended Easter Weekend, works will continue to install steel piles for platform foundations. This will take place from 11pm on Saturday 26 March until 1am on Tuesday 29 March.

There will also be some diversions for pedestrians and cyclists using the Exchange Street entrance.

Apologies from Crossrail

All the above work will involve noise overnight and/or at weekends. Crossrail apologise for disturbance caused to residents.

Click for further details of Crossrail's work and how it may impact on your journey.  

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Easter parade

The Churches Together Parade will be taking place on Friday 25 March, starting at 9.45am. The route of the parade is  from St Andrews Church, High Street Hornchurch to The Queens Theatre, Billet Lane, where there will be an outdoor service on the Green from 10.30am until 11am.

Roadworks

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Road closures

The following temporary road closures are in place:

Until Wednesday 18 May, between 9.30am and 3.30pm Salisbury Road, Gidea Park will be closed in both directions, between Brentwood Road and Heath Park Road.

Between Monday 21 March and Friday 8 April carriageway reconstruction works will take place at Waycross Road, Cranham, from Wingfield Gardens to Lexington Way.

Wingletye Lane, Hornchurch will be closed on Friday 18 March between 10am and 3pm for essential vegetation clearance. There will be temporary signals from Monday 21 March until Tuesday 29 March for UKPN works.

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Road Works

There will be temporary signals on Lytton Way, Gidea Park until Monday 21 March for British Telecom works.

Lane closures will take place on Squirrels Heath Road, Harold Wood at the junction with Southend Arterial Road from 7pm Thursday 17 March until 6am Friday 18 March for TfL works.

Additional TfL works will mean a lane closure on Eastern Avenue East's junction with Heath Drive, Gidea Park on Friday 18 March between 2am and 6am.

Temporary signals will be in place on Whitchurch Road, Harold Hill outside the fomer Duckwood public house on Wednesday 23 March for BT works.

Multi-directional temporary traffic lights will be in place on Wednesday 23 March on St Mary's Lane, Upminster for Thames Water works.

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A127 road and footway closures

Until the end of March one eastbound lane will be closed as part of the Ardleigh Green Bridge replacement. The footway and verge within the traffic island at the junction of the A127 and Bryant Avenue will also be closed during the same period.

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A13 lane closures

During next week, as part of work being done by Highways England, there may be lane closures on the A13, near the junction with the M25.

More information available here.

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Ardleigh Green bridge replacement

You can keep up to date with the latest news on this £32 million project here.

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Avoid roadworks for a quicker journey

Try to avoid roadworks by using this website that shows where all roadworks in Havering are taking place. The website includes work being done by gas, electricity, water, telecom and other utilities as well as those being done by Havering Council. You can check out roadworks in your area using this online map or across London using this map.

Consultations

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Lower Thames Crossing

Full details on the proposals can be seen here and views submitted here. Deadline for comments is Thursday 24 March.

Highways England has launched the next stage in the formal consultation on the Lower Thames Crossing project at a location east of Gravesend and Tilbury.

The Highways England proposed route would connect the A2/M2 in Kent with the M25 north of the river at a new junction between Junctions 29 and 30 (A127 and A13). The proposed route would join the M25 between north and south Ockendon close to Ockendon Road in Havering.

    Overwhelming support for further river crossings in east London to help support growth

    TfL say there's close to 90 per cent of responses support a new river crossing at Gallions Reach or Belvedere to Rainham in Havering.

      More details here.

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        Electric vehicle charging points

        If you have an electric vehicle you can find details of charging points from Source London here.

        There are also charging points at CEME, Marsh Way, Rainham and at both Gidea Park and Harold Wood railway stations.

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        Seen a pothole?

        Our website gives you a simple way to access whatever you need – from planning applications to swimming pool opening times – on your computer, tablet or smartphone, at a time that suits you.  If you don’t have your own device, you can log on at your local library, where staff will be on hand to offer help.