Information concerning work carried out at Wood Street Station 6.7.21 and 11.8.21
Request ID: FOI-0988-2122 Date published: 08 September 2021
You asked
Concerning the works carried out by TFL on 6 July 2021 and 10 - 11 August 2021
1. Details of reason for carrying out the works at antisocial hours (5.45 am, 11.50pm - 3am)
2. Risk assessments relating to noise and vibration
3. Name of contactor company engaged to carry out the work
4. Details of all complaints received about these works (redacted as necessary to remove personal data and their resolution).
5. Details of the nature of the works
6. EIA in respect of late night working at Wood St Station
We answered
Our ref: FOI-0988-2122/GH
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 11 August 2021 asking for information about work carried out at Wood Street Station.
Your request has been considered under the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and our information access policy. I can confirm that we do hold some of the information you require.
Concerning the works carried out by TFL on 6 July 2021 and 10 - 11 August 2021
Details of reason for carrying out the works at antisocial hours (5.45 am, 11.50pm - 3am)
In order to maintain the safety of the teams working close to the platform edge we are required to carry out the work out of operational hours under line block conditions.
Risk assessments relating to noise and vibration
Risk assessments were carried out by the contractor and reviewed by both the project team and Health and Safety prior to work being carried out. Relates to and in accordance with Network Rail standard NR/L2/OHS/019 Safety of People Working on or Near the Line. Copies of the risk assessments are attached.
Please note that in accordance with TfL’s obligations under Data Protection legislation some personal data has been removed, as required by section 40(2) of the FOI Act. This is because disclosure of this personal data would be a breach of the legislation, specifically the first principle which requires all processing of personal data to be fair and lawful. It would not be fair to disclose this personal information when the individuals have no expectation it would be disclosed and TfL has not satisfied one of the conditions which would make the processing ‘fair’.
Name of contactor company engaged to carry out the work
Braybrook Limited
Details of all complaints received about these works (redacted as necessary to remove personal data and their resolution).
No other complaints have been received relating to this work.
Details of the nature of the works.
Works are to install barriers, gates and spiked floor tiles along with signage as a part of a project to introduce anti-trespass and suicide prevention mitigations across the ARL network.
EIA in respect of late night working at Wood St Station
We do not have a separate EIA for this project. Environmental issues are considered under the Works Package Plan and Risk Assessment for this work.
If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for some reason, please do not hesitate to contact me.
If you are not satisfied with this response please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal.
Yours sincerely
Graham Hurt FOI Case Officer FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
