Projects Flashcards
HS2
Phase 1 - London - Birmingham
Phase 2 - Birmingham to Manchester, Leeds and Crewe
2012 - £30B, 2015 £50B, Oakervee - £106B
£300m per mile
BCR was 2.5-2.3:1
1.3:1 for Oakervee (Oakervee panel stresses the economic case does not consider the full potential of HS2 in creating new homes and jobs. )
- Burohappold want to bore a 30km twin bore tunnel under london to connect HS2 to HS1 and skip Euston ~10B
- Euston to cost 5-7B
- Sunken cost fallacy (already spent 9B)
Swansea tidal lagoon
£1.3B
- Cancelled in 2018 due to value issues,
- Strike rate of £90 per MWh
Hendry review “Tidal lagoons would help deliver security of supply; they would assist in delivering our decarbonisation commitments; and they would bring real and substantial opportunities for the UK supply chain.”
Very strong case for a small scale pathfinder project (less than 500MW) as soon as is reasonably practicable and I urge the Government to capitalise on work already done rather than starting afresh. This clear commitment would deliver earlier benefits andaccelerate a future programme.
- Would have been first tidal lagoon energy project
Stonehenge tunnel
£1.25b
“-Shallow tunnel, complex geology, sensitive stakeholders and potential for public unrest)
- Single stage bid, no UK tier 1s bid
- 3.3 km
2021-2026
Hinkley Point C
Nuclear Power - £20 - 22B
2016 - 2025
Financed by EDF and chinese consortium
EDF has negotiated a guaranteed fixed price – a “strike price”– for electricity from Hinkley Point C of £92.50/MWh (in 2012 prices),(Very high, others being bought at £40 per MWh)
Somerset
- Nuclear grade concrete (8 different specs to account for different curing times of the seasons)”
Flood Prevention Schemes
”- Government response very reactive (2007 floods £3.1bn spent)
- Climate change, can’t keep building higher walls
- hard infrastructure v soft (suds)
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Westminster refurbishment
tbc
Garden Bridge
tbc
Polcevera Bridge Collapse
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FIU bridge collapse
tbc
Whalley Dam
tbc
Grenfell
tbc
Crossrail
tbc
Crossrail 2
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