Carbon data
Dear High Speed Two (HS2) Limited,
On 7th April 2022 an article in Ground Engineering Magazine HS2 claims that construction methods of building the Thame Valley Viaduct will reduce the carbon footprint by two thirds.
Please release all data and calculations used to allow such a claim.
Yours faithfully,
Marrk Keir
Dear Marrk Keir
Thank you for your email to HS2 Ltd. We are considering your request under
the Freedom of information Act 2000 and aim to reply as soon as possible
and no later than 10 May 2022.
Your reference number for this request is FOI 22-4616.
Regards
Briefings, Correspondence and Freedom of Information (BCFOI) advisor | HS2
Ltd
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Dear Marrk Keir
Thank you for your email to HS2 Ltd. We are considering your request under
the Freedom of information Act 2000 and aim to reply as soon as possible
and no later than 10 May 2022.
Your reference number for this request is FOI 22-4616.
Regards
Briefings, Correspondence and Freedom of Information (BCFOI) advisor | HS2
Ltd
Tel: 08081 434 434 (Freephone number)|[1][HS2 request email]|
[2]Facebook | [3]Twitter | [4]LinkedIn
High Speed Two (HS2) Limited , Two Snow Hill, Snow Hill Queensway,
Birmingham, B4 6GA | [5]www.gov.uk/hs2
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5. http://www.gov.uk/hs2
Dear Marrk Keir,
Thank you for your emails of 25 March 2022 and 07 April 2022 which are
being handled as a requests for information under the Environmental
Information Regulations 2004.
Please note, as you have sent two requests of a similar nature within a
short time frame, these requests have been combined in line with the
Information Commissioner's Office Guidance.
The reference for this combined request is FOI-22-4616.
For clarity, please find attached a document which provides details of the
requests we have combined for processing under the Environmental
Information Regulations 2004.
If the attached does not represent your full request, please let me know
as soon as possible.
We aim to send a full response to you by 04 April 2022, which is 20
working days from the date we received your full request.
Your reference number for the request is FOI-22-4616.
Yours sincerely,
J Palmer | Briefings, Correspondence and FOI Adviser | HS2 Ltd
Tel: 08081 434 434 (Freephone number)| [1][HS2 request email] |
[2]Facebook | [3]Twitter | [4]LinkedIn
High Speed Two (HS2) Limited , The Podium, 1 Eversholt Street, London, NW1
2DN | [5]www.gov.uk/hs2
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Dear Marrk Keir,
Thank you for your emails of 25 March 2022 and 07 April 2022.
Please find attached our response.
Your reference number for the request is FOI-22-4616.
Yours sincerely,
On behalf of Carl Bird| Senior Briefings, Correspondence and FOI Manager |
HS2 Ltd
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High Speed Two (HS2) Limited , The Podium, 1 Eversholt Street, London, NW1
2DN | [5]www.gov.uk/hs2
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5. http://www.gov.uk/hs2
Dear FOI Request,
Please can you clarify re your answer to FoI-22-4616/1:
Is all the power used going to be sourced from nuclear. It may be zero carbon, but would you consider a hole in your back yard to contain the waste? Perhaps you don't think on those lines.
If you are to use nuclear, how will this impact running costs and ticket prices?
Have you considered maintenance and service carbon costs?
Have you considered carbon impacts of ongoing degradation of habitat through connectivity damage?
Have you really just considered the power supply and nothing else?
Given HS2 has existed since 2009, isn't 2022 a bit late in the day to come up with a zero carbon plan?
How long will the train have to operate to halve the overall carbon figure of HS2 construction? Please consider soil degradation, vegetation loss, standing vehicle emissions (both your own vehicles and vehicles owned/operated by general public) and ongoing environmental and ecological degradation in your response.
Please can you clarify your response to FoI -22-4616/2:
Providing one data set and stating an apparently plucked (it does not tally with the dataset) and in terms of the question meaningless 58000 C.eq does not seem to answer the query.
Yours sincerely,
Marrk Keir
Dear Marrk Keir,
Thank you for your email to HS2 Ltd. We have logged the first part of your
request as a new request for information and are considering your request
under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004.
We aim to reply as soon as possible and no later than 15/06/2022.
Your reference number for the request is FOI-22-4646.
Yours sincerely,
J Palmer | Briefings, Correspondence and FOI Adviser | HS2 Ltd
Tel: 08081 434 434 (Freephone number)| [1][HS2 request email] |
[2]Facebook | [3]Twitter | [4]LinkedIn
High Speed Two (HS2) Limited , The Podium, 1 Eversholt Street, London, NW1
2DN | [5]www.gov.uk/hs2
Dear Marrk Keir
I acknowledge receipt of your correspondence requesting HS2 Ltd to review
its response to your request reference FOI-22-4616 . We are treating the
second half of your email as the request for an Internal Review.
The review will be conducted in accordance with HS2 Ltd’s review
procedure. Every effort will be made to have a response to you within 20
working days. However, if it becomes clear that the review will not be
completed by this date you will be advised.
Your reference number for the request is FOI-22-4616-Review.
Kind regards,
J Palmer | Briefings, Correspondence and FOI Adviser | HS2 Ltd
Tel: 08081 434 434 (Freephone number)| [1][HS2 request email] |
[2]Facebook | [3]Twitter | [4]LinkedIn
High Speed Two (HS2) Limited , The Podium, 1 Eversholt Street, London, NW1
2DN | [5]www.gov.uk/hs2
Dear Marrk Keir,
Thank you for your email to HS2 Ltd.
Please find attached our response.
Your reference number for the request is FOI-22-4646.
Yours sincerely,
J Palmer | Briefings, Correspondence and FOI Adviser | HS2 Ltd
Tel: 08081 434 434 (Freephone number)| [1][HS2 request email] |
[2]Facebook | [3]Twitter | [4]LinkedIn
High Speed Two (HS2) Limited , The Podium, 1 Eversholt Street, London, NW1
2DN | [5]www.gov.uk/hs2
Dear Marrk Kier
Thank you for your request for an Internal Review. I am writing to advise
you that the time limit for responding to your request for an Internal
Review under the Environmental Information Regulations (‘the Regulations’)
received on 16 May 2022, needs to be extended.
In this instance, unfortunately we will not be able to provide a response
within the best practice guideline of 20 working days as we have
identified that we need more time to consider this case. We will send
a response by 13 July 2022. We will, of course, respond sooner if we are
able.
Thank you
Carl
Carl Bird | Senior Manager Briefings, Correspondence and Freedom of
Information (BCFOI) | HS2 Ltd
Tel: 08081 434 434 (Freephone number)| [1][HS2 request email]|
[2]Facebook | [3]Twitter | [4]LinkedIn
High Speed Two (HS2) Limited , Two Snow Hill, Snow Hill Queensway,
Birmingham, B4 6GA | [5]www.gov.uk/hs2
From: FOI Request
Sent: 16 May 2022 12:58
To: Marrk Keir <[FOI #852419 email]>
Subject: FOI-22-4616-R - Response
Dear Marrk Keir
I acknowledge receipt of your correspondence requesting HS2 Ltd to review
its response to your request reference FOI-22-4616 . We are treating the
second half of your email as the request for an Internal Review.
The review will be conducted in accordance with HS2 Ltd’s review
procedure. Every effort will be made to have a response to you within 20
working days. However, if it becomes clear that the review will not be
completed by this date you will be advised.
Your reference number for the request is FOI-22-4616-Review.
Kind regards,
J Palmer | Briefings, Correspondence and FOI Adviser | HS2 Ltd
Tel: 08081 434 434 (Freephone number)| [6][HS2 request email] |
[7]Facebook | [8]Twitter | [9]LinkedIn
High Speed Two (HS2) Limited , The Podium, 1 Eversholt Street, London, NW1
2DN | [10]www.gov.uk/hs2
Dear Mr Keir
Please see the attached response in relation to your request under
FOI-22-4616 – R
Regards
HS2 Ltd
Tel: 08081 434 434 (Freephone number)| [1][HS2 request email]|
[2]Facebook | [3]Twitter | [4]LinkedIn
High Speed Two (HS2) Limited , Two Snow Hill, Snow Hill Queensway,
Birmingham, B4 6GA | [5]www.gov.uk/hs2
References
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5. http://www.gov.uk/hs2
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