Park Royal City International: We built this city on rails and road!

[tmbr09]

Wow so i guess extensive consultation has taken place with the existing "poorest neighbourhood", must be very exciting what were thier thoughts!! where can i view details regarding the outcome of the assumed extenisve level of stakeholder enagament?

[nathebastard]

I hope my taxes didn't pay for that music track

[Mel142ton]

Compare with the dreadful car-based BRENT CROSS scheme - search for Brent Cross Coalition. The 'agitators' there (as developer Hammerson calls them) have proposed a North and West London Light Railway - which could easily join with Farrell's light-rail suggestions.

Both are maybe four-to-five-billion pound schemes - so plenty of planning-gain money, if and only if the politics is done correctly.

[aj4me5]

Bit of a shame that Transport secretary Philip Hammond has ruled out the idea of a Crossrail interchange for HS2 at Old Oak - which he termed a "wet surburban station somewhere in North West London". Time to update the video H&F or work harder on Hammond?

[hammersmithandfulham]

@aj4me5 The statement you have partially quoted from the Transport Secretary is more than 15 months old and, after several further reviews, things have moved on significantly since then. In fact, using Old Oak Common as a high speed rail interchange is a key component of the Government's recommended route for HS2. See a link to their website here for more: highspeedrail.dft.gov.uk/propo­sed-route.

[rainbowverity]

Looks good to me - well worth the minor inconvenience to the well heeled and privledged nimby's of Buckinghamshire

[GordyFin]

Interesting that emphasis was put on the fact that OOC is a brownfield site. But it should be remembered that HS2 has chosen to build its 250mph track right through the nearest Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty to here in the Chilterns - a "protected" green area, hence spoiling a retreat for many west Londoners.

[SuperTheMoses]

@GordyFin I didn't realise the tracks were going to be that wide! The whole Chilterns ruined.  Unless I'm really out of the loop and they've put it through the one really good bit everyone goes to?