West Midlands Rail Exec have explained that there will be more weekend work taking place on the New Pineapple Road station.
Further works will be happening to complete site set up and tree removal works, this is a continuation of the work started in October. Whilst most of the work is taking place during standard working hours, Monday to Friday, 07.30am to 5.30pm, to ensure the safety of workers some work needs to take place on weekends and at night-time.
Out of hours work for the new station will be taking place on the following weekends:
Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 December
Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 December
Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 December
A targeted letter drop will be happening immediately.
For more information on the new Pineapple Road station, visit wmre.org.uk/camphill
Building the new Pineapple Road station is due to start this week.
Contractors VolkerFitzpatrick will begin work on 22nd October for up to 6 weeks. This will enable them to remove some vegetation and trees, as needed, and set up a site compound. Most of the work will take place during standard working hours (Monday to Friday, 7.30am to 5.30pm), but there will be some weekend and night-time works due to safety reasons.
VolkerFitzpatrick will also be setting up the main site compound in Stirchley on the corner of Pineapple Road and Cartland Road. Work to set up the compound will include temporarily widening the King Edward VI School gates and installing temporary cabins and hoarding. Once the new station has been built, the compound will be removed.
Vegetation and tree removal will take place along the railway line, and in the grass area between Pineapple Road and Cartland Road. West Midlands Rail Exec will be working closely with Birmingham City Council to replant trees.
Out of hours work is due to take place along Cartland Road from Saturday 22nd October to Friday 18th November and out of hours work along the railway line is due to take place on Saturday to Sundays from 22nd October to 27th November.
Works have been have carefully planned out work to reduce disruptions. Measures will be in place to monitor and reduce any noise. Task lighting will be directed away from neighbouring areas.
Traffic management will be in place on Pineapple and Cartland Road during some of these works. Expect noise from machinery and equipment, including excavators and dumpers, road pavers and rollers as well as smaller handheld tools.
For more information on the new Pineapple Road station, visit wmre.org.uk/camphill
Work on the new Pineapple Road station will be starting ground investigation works from 2 July for up to 11 weeks.
The ground investigations (for example, borehole drilling) will be carried by contractor VolkerFitzpatrick. They will inform the next stage of the station design and ensure Pineapple Rd station can be built safely.
The majority of the work will take place during standard working hours: Monday to Friday, 07.30am to 5.30pm. But to ensure the safety of workers some work will need to take place on weekends and at night-time when the railway line is closed.
Out of hours work is due to take place on the following weekends from 9pm Saturday to 2pm Sunday:
Saturday 2 to Sunday 3 July
Saturday 9 to Sunday 10 July
Saturday 16 to Sunday 17 July
Saturday 23 to Sunday 24 July
Work has been planned carefully to reduce disruptions. Measures will be in place by West Midlands Rail Exec (WMRE) to monitor and reduce any noise. Task lighting will be directed away from neighbouring areas.
To access certain survey areas safely they will need to remove some vegetation. WMRE are working closely with an ecologist throughout the process and will only be removing vegetation if absolutely necessary.
