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at a point 64 metres east of the bridge carrying Dawley Road over

that railway;

Work No. 3/13C– A railway (419 metres in length) commencing by a

junction with the Heathrow Express Railway at a point 86 metres

north of the junction of Conway Drive with Stormont Drive, passing

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eastwards and terminating by a junction with Work No. 3/13A at a

point 55 metres north-east of the northern end of Burnham Gardens;

Work No. 3/13D– A realignment of the Reading Railway (385 metres in

length) commencing by a junction with that railway at a point 104

metres north of the junction of Conway Drive with Stormont Drive,

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passing eastwards and terminating by a junction with that railway at

a point 52 metres north of the northern end of Burnham Gardens;

Work No. 3/14– A bridge to carry a footpath and cycleway over the

Reading Railway commencing at a point 23 metres south of the

junction of Iron Bridge Road South with Old Stockley Road and

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terminating at a point 59 metres north of the junction of Old Stockley

Road with Stockley Road. Work No. 3/14 includes the removal of

the existing Old Stockley Road Bridge;

Work No. 3/15A– A temporary bridge to carry Station Road over the

Reading Railway at Hayes and Harlington Station (during the

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construction of Work No. 3/15B) commencing at a point 4 metres

north-east of the junction of Keith Road with Station Road and

terminating at a point 54 metres south-east of the junction of Blyth

Road with Clayton Road;

Work No. 3/15B– A raising and lengthening at the north-eastern end of

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the bridge carrying Station Road over the Reading Railway at Hayes

and Harlington Station commencing at a point 111 metres north-east

of the junction of Keith Road with Station Road and terminating at a

point 54 metres south-east of the junction of Blyth Road with Clayton

Road;

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In the London Borough of Ealing–

Work No. 3/16– A railway (469 metres in length) commencing by a

junction with the Greenford Branch Railway at West Ealing Station

at a point 130 metres west of the junction of Drayton Avenue with

Manor Road, passing south-eastwards then eastwards and

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terminating at a point in West Ealing Station 20 metres south of the

junction of Drayton Road with Manor Road;

Work No. 3/17– A deviation of the Reading Railway (2,068 metres in

length partly in tunnel) commencing by a junction with that railway

at a point 300 metres west of the bridge carrying Hanger Lane over

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that railway, passing eastwards and terminating by a junction with

that railway at a point 25 metres west of the bridge carrying Horn

Lane over that railway;

Work No. 3/17A– A railway (1,500 metres in length) commencing by a

junction with the Reading Railway at a point 54 metres east of

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London Underground bridge No. D29 over that railway, passing

eastwards and terminating by a junction with the Poplar Lines 5

metres west of the bridge carrying Horn Lane over those lines;

Work No. 3/17B– A railway (881 metres in length) forming sidings

within the Acton Yard, commencing by a junction with Work No. 3/

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17A at a point 160 metres north-east of the bridge carrying Noel Road

over the Reading Railway, passing eastwards and terminating at a

point 155 metres west of the junction of York Road with Horn Lane;

 

 

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In the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham–

Work No. 3/19A- A railway (610 metres in length) commencing by a

junction with Works Nos. 3/19B and 3/19C at a point 316 metres

south-east of the junction of Salter Street with Hythe Road, passing

north-westwards and terminating within a proposed depot at a point

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196 metres east of the bridge carrying Old Oak Common Lane over

the North London Line railway. Work No. 3/19A includes a depot

building;

Work No. 3/19B- A railway (838 metres in length), forming sidings

within Old Oak Common depot, commencing by a junction with

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Works Nos. 3/19A and 3/19C at its commencement, passing

westwards and terminating at a point 838 metres west of its

commencement. Work No. 3/19B includes a depot building;

          

In the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham and the Royal Borough

of Kensington & Chelsea—

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Work No. 3/19C- A railway (1,743 metres in length) commencing by a

junction with Works No. 3/19A and 3/19B at a point 316 metres

south-east of the junction of Salter Street with Hythe Road, passing

eastwards and terminating by a junction with the Reading Railway

at a point 16 metres west of the bridge carrying Ladbroke Grove over

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that railway. Work No. 3/19C includes a depot building;

          

In the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham—

Work No. 3/19D- A railway (510 metres in length) commencing by a

junction with sidings within Old Oak Common depot at a point 500

metres south-east of the junction of Old Oak Common Lane with

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Victoria Road, passing eastwards and terminating by a junction with

sidings within that depot at a point 273 metres west of the western

face of the bridge carrying Scrubs Lane over the Reading Railway.

Work No. 3/19D includes a depot building;

          

In the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham and the Royal Borough

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of Kensington & Chelsea—

Work No. 3/19E- A railway (1,666 metres in length) commencing by a

junction with sidings within Old Oak Common depot at a point 121

metres west of the western face of the bridge carrying Scrubs Lane

over the Reading Railway, passing eastwards and terminating by a

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junction with the Reading Railway at a point 85 metres north-east of

the junction of Barlby Road with Ladbroke Grove;

Work No. 3/19F- A railway (989 metres in length) commencing by a

junction with the Reading Railway at a point 315 metres west of the

western face of the bridge carrying Scrubs Lane over the Reading

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Railway, passing eastwards and terminating by a junction with that

railway at a point 116 metres north of the northern end of Webb

Close;

Work No. 3/20A- A railway (145 metres in length) commencing by a

junction with tracks within North Pole Railway Depot at a point 59

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metres east of the eastern portal of the Servicing and Inspection Shed,

passing eastwards and terminating by a junction with the loco siding

within that depot at a point 145 metres east of its commencement;

Work No. 3/20B - A railway (36 metres in length) forming a reinstated

connection with the West London Railway, commencing by a

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junction with that railway at a point 2 metres north-west of the

western abutment of the bridge carrying that railway over Scrubs

 

 

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Lane, passing north-westwards and terminating by a junction with

tracks within North Pole Railway Depot at a point 36 metres north-

west of its commencement;

Work No. 3/20C - A railway (51 metres in length) forming a reinstated

connection with the West London Railway, commencing by a

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junction with that railway at a point 250 metres south-west of the

eastern abutment of the bridge carrying that railway over Scrubs

Lane, passing north-westwards and terminating by a junction with

tracks within North Pole Railway Depot at a point 51 metres north-

west of its commencement;

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In the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham and the Royal Borough

of Kensington & Chelsea—

Work No. 3/20D- A railway (1,121 metres in length) commencing by a

junction with Transfer Siding No. 1 within North Pole Railway

Depot at a point 300 metres east of the eastern face of the bridge

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carrying Scrubs Lane over the Reading Railway, passing eastwards

and terminating at a point beneath the bridge carrying Ladbroke

Grove over the Reading Railway. Work No. 3/20D includes

extension of an existing depot building;

          

In the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea—

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Work No. 3/20E- A railway (387 metres in length) commencing by a

junction with tracks within North Pole Railway Depot at a point 361

metres west of the Wheel Lathe Shed, passing eastwards and

terminating by a junction with Work No. 3/20D at a point 387 metres

east of its commencement;

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Work No. 3/20F- A railway (567 metres in length) commencing by a

junction with tracks within North Pole Railway Depot at a point 225

metres west of the western portal of the Wheel Lathe Shed, passing

eastwards and terminating by a junction with Work No. 3/20D at a

point 81 metres west of the western face of the bridge carrying

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Ladbroke Grove over the Reading Railway;

Work No. 3/20G- A railway (272 metres in length) commencing by a

junction with tracks within North Pole Railway Depot at a point 190

metres west of the western portal of the Wheel Lathe Shed, passing

eastwards and terminating at a point 272 metres east of its

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commencement;

Work No. 3/20H- A railway (336 metres in length) forming a siding

within North Pole Railway Depot commencing by a junction with

Work No. 3/20G at a point 102 metres west of the Wheel Lathe Shed,

passing eastwards and terminating at a point 336 metres east of its

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commencement. Work No. 3/20H includes a depot building.

Schedule 2

Section 2

 

Works: further and supplementary provisions

Additional works

1     (1)  

The nominated undertaker may, for the purposes of or in connection with

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the scheduled works or otherwise for the purposes of or in connection with

 

 

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Crossrail, do any of the following within the limits of deviation for the

scheduled works or within the limits of land to be acquired or used—

(a)   

carry out and maintain railway electrification and signalling works;

(b)   

make, provide and maintain all such approaches, bridges, subways,

interchanges, roundabouts, turning places, lifts, stairs, escalators,

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ramps, passages, means of access, shafts, buildings, apparatus, plant

and machinery as may be necessary or convenient,

(c)   

construct, provide and maintain all such embankments, aprons,

abutments, retaining walls, wing walls, culverts and other works as

may be necessary or convenient,

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(d)   

alter or remove any structure erected upon any highway or adjoining

land,

(e)   

alter, or alter the position of, railway track and any apparatus

associated with railway track,

(f)   

alter, or alter the position of, other apparatus, including mains,

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sewers, drains and cables,

(g)   

alter the course of, or otherwise interfere with, non-navigable rivers,

streams or watercourses, and

(h)   

carry out and maintain such other works, of whatever description, as

may be necessary or expedient.

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      (2)  

Sub-paragraph (1) shall not authorise the making of any cut for drainage

purposes which is more than 3.4 metres wide at the bottom.

Highway accesses

2     (1)  

The nominated undertaker may, for the purposes of or in connection with

the works authorised by this Act or otherwise for the purposes of or in

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connection with Crossrail—

(a)   

form and lay out means of access, and

(b)   

improve existing means of access,

           

at any place within the limits of deviation for the scheduled works or within

the limits of land to be acquired or used.

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      (2)  

In the case of works at a place shown on the deposited plans which require

the opening of an access onto, or the alteration of, a highway used by

vehicular traffic, the power under sub-paragraph (1) is exercisable on giving

at least 28 days’ notice to the highway authority.

      (3)  

Works which are the subject of a notice under sub-paragraph (2) may not be

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carried out at the place shown on the deposited plans if, within 28 days of

the giving of the notice, the highway authority objects to the works being

carried out there by giving the nominated undertaker notice to that effect.

      (4)  

The only ground on which the highway authority may object under sub-

paragraph (3) is that works under sub-paragraph (1) should be carried out

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instead at another place within the relevant limits to prevent or reduce—

(a)   

injury to local amenity, or

(b)   

prejudicial effects on road safety or on the free flow of traffic in the

local area,

           

and are reasonably capable of being carried out there.

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      (5)  

If, in the case of works under sub-paragraph (1) at a place shown on the

deposited plans, the works require the opening of an access onto, or the

 

 

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alteration of, a highway used by vehicular traffic, they shall be carried out in

accordance with plans and specifications approved by the highway

authority at the request of the nominated undertaker.

      (6)  

The only ground on which the highway authority may refuse to approve

plans or specifications for the purposes of sub-paragraph (5) is that they

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ought to be modified to prevent or reduce—

(a)   

injury to local amenity, or

(b)   

prejudicial effects on road safety or on the free flow of traffic in the

local area,

           

and are reasonably capable of being so modified.

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      (7)  

Works under sub-paragraph (1) may only be carried out at a place not

shown on the deposited plans if the highway authority consents to the siting

of the works, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld.

      (8)  

Works under sub-paragraph (1) at a place not shown on the deposited plans

shall be carried out in accordance with plans and specifications approved by

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the highway authority at the request of the nominated undertaker, such

approval not to be unreasonably withheld.

      (9)  

In considering whether to give its consent for the purposes of sub-paragraph

(7), or approval for the purposes of sub-paragraph (8), in a case where the

works require the opening of an access onto, or the alteration of, a highway

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used by vehicular traffic, the highway authority shall have regard, in

particular, to effects on road safety and on the free flow of traffic in the local

area.

     (10)  

If, on application by the nominated undertaker for the approval of plans or

specifications under sub-paragraph (5) or (8), the highway authority fails to

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notify the nominated undertaker of its decision on the application before the

end of the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which the

application was made, it shall be deemed to have approved the plans or

specifications as submitted.

     (11)  

If a highway authority which receives an application for consent under sub-

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paragraph (7) fails to notify the applicant of its decision on the application

before the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which the

application was made, it shall be deemed to have granted it.

     (12)  

Where an objection under sub-paragraph (3) leads to the carrying out of

works under sub-paragraph (1) at a place not shown on the deposited plans,

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sub-paragraphs (5), (7) and (8) shall have effect in relation to them as if the

place were shown on the deposited plans.

     (13)  

Any dispute with a highway authority under this paragraph shall, if the

parties agree, be referred to arbitration, but shall otherwise be determined

by the Secretary of State.

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Overhead line diversions

3          

Without prejudice to paragraph 1(1)(f), the nominated undertaker may, for

the purposes of or in connection with the works authorised by this Act,

undertake the electric line diversions specified in the following table.

 

 

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(1)

(2)

(3)

 
 

Area

Overhead line to be taken

New overhead line to be

 
  

down

provided

 
 

London Borough of

Overhead electric line

New overhead electric line

 
 

Newham

(PDK) between points E1,

to be provided on land

 

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E2 and E3

within relevant limits

 
   

between points E1, E4 and

 
   

E3.

 
 

County of

Iver – Longford 132kV

New overhead electric lines

 
 

Buckinghamshire,

overhead electric line

to be provided on land

 

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District of South

(PGB) between points EC1

within relevant limits

 
 

Bucks, Parish of Iver

and EC2.

between points EC1, EC3

 
   

and EC2 and between

 
   

points EC1, EC4 and EC2.

 

Mitigation and protection works

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4          

The nominated undertaker may within the limits of deviation for the

scheduled works or within the limits of land to be acquired or used—

(a)   

carry out and maintain landscaping and other works to mitigate any

adverse effects of the construction, maintenance or operation of any

of the works authorised by this Act, and

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(b)   

carry out and maintain works for the benefit or protection of land

affected by any of the works authorised by this Act.

Support of buildings

5     (1)  

This paragraph applies where it is necessary or expedient in consequence of

or in connection with the construction of any of the works authorised by this

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Act to support or strengthen a building within the relevant distance of the

work.

      (2)  

The nominated undertaker may support or strengthen the building on

giving at least 8 weeks’ notice to the owners and occupiers of the building of

its intention to do so.

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      (3)  

If, within 21 days of the giving of a notice under sub-paragraph (2), the

person to whom the notice has been given gives to the nominated

undertaker notice disputing that this paragraph applies, the question of its

application shall be referred to arbitration.

      (4)  

If, under sub-paragraph (3), the arbitrator decides that this paragraph does

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apply, he shall, if one of the parties to the dispute so requires, prescribe how

the supporting or strengthening is to be carried out.

      (5)  

Where the supporting or strengthening of a building under this paragraph

cannot be carried out reasonably conveniently without entering land

adjacent to the building, the nominated undertaker may, on giving at least

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14 days’ notice to the owners and occupiers of the adjacent land, enter the

land (but not any building on it) and carry out the work.

      (6)  

In case of emergency, the power conferred by sub-paragraph (2) or (5) shall

be exercisable without notice.

 

 

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      (7)  

For the purpose of deciding how to exercise its powers under this

paragraph, the nominated undertaker may at any reasonable time enter and

survey—

(a)   

any building within the relevant distance of any of the works

authorised by this Act, or

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(b)   

any land adjacent to such a building (but not any building on any

such land).

      (8)  

Section 6 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67) (service of documents)

shall apply to the service of notices under this paragraph with, in subsection

(4), the substitution for the words from “authority” to “document is to be

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served” of “nominated undertaker”.

      (9)  

In this paragraph—

“building” includes any structure and, in the case of a work under the

surface of the ground, reference to a building within the relevant

distance of that work includes a reference to any building within the

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relevant distance of any point on the surface below which the work

is situated,

“notice” means notice in writing, and

“relevant distance”, in relation to any work, means—

(a)   

where the work relates to an underground railway, 50

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metres, and

(b)   

where it does not, 35 metres.

6     (1)  

This paragraph applies where it is necessary or expedient in consequence of

or in connection with the construction of any of the works authorised by this

Act further to support or strengthen a building which has been supported or

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strengthened under paragraph 5.

      (2)  

The nominated undertaker may, at any time within the permitted period,

further support or strengthen the building on giving at least 8 weeks’ notice

to the owners and occupiers of the building of its intention to do so.

      (3)  

If, within 21 days of the giving of a notice under sub-paragraph (2), the

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person to whom the notice has been given gives to the nominated

undertaker notice disputing that this paragraph applies, the question of its

application shall be referred to arbitration.

      (4)  

If, under sub-paragraph (3), the arbitrator decides that this paragraph does

apply, he shall, if one of the parties to the dispute so requires, prescribe how

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the supporting or strengthening is to be carried out.

      (5)  

Where the supporting or strengthening of a building under this paragraph

cannot be carried out reasonably conveniently without entering land

adjacent to the building, the nominated undertaker may, on giving at least

14 days’ notice to the owners and occupiers of the adjacent land, enter the

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land (but not any building on it) and carry out the work.

      (6)  

In case of emergency, the power conferred by sub-paragraph (2) or (5) shall

be exercisable without notice.

      (7)  

For the purpose of deciding how to exercise its powers under this

paragraph, the nominated undertaker may at any reasonable time enter and

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survey—

(a)   

any building which has been supported or strengthened under

paragraph 5, or

 

 

 
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