Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. was awarded a contract by Network Rail to continue its support for improving rail links from the Great Western main line to Heathrow Airport. The timeframe of the contract is 27 months.
Under the terms of the contract, Jacobs is supporting Network Rail’s development consent order (DCO) submission. The initial project work is focused on defining a preferred option to take through consultation. Once a recommendation is agreed upon, Jacobs’ role is to lead the multi-disciplinary engineering and environmental design component to an approval-in-principle level of design for the new 3.1 mile tunneled route.
This includes completing the environmental impact assessment to produce the scheme’s environmental statement, which critically informs the engineering design, construction strategy and environmental mitigation program to minimize impact on local residents and the environment during both construction and operation phases.
The proposed rail link enables passengers throughout west England and beyond to travel directly to Heathrow Airport from Reading and Slough without having to change at London Paddington.
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