• Is there any major work on infrastructure like roads + rail going on during this period? You'd think it's a great opportunity to get stuff done that would normally cause significant disruption, but appreciate it's probably not 'key' or easy to do and properly distanced.

    SWR are doing some major work at Guildford but that was already planned - just found the email I sent to my bosses in February asking to WFH 10th - 19th April due to a disrupted journey in. Different time.

  • Not really, no. Major infrastructure work takes months or years of planning.

    Some has slowed down or stopped, eg Crossrail work.

  • From a cycle round London yesterday, the answer seems to be yes. Purely anecdotally there seems to be a lot more road works than usual.

  • I thought this. Even something like resurfacing work but I guess supply chain issues might prevent it.

  • HS2 at Ruislip re-started last week.
    So far hgvs bringing in aggregate for the construction/haul road parallel to
    the ChilternLine.
    CS jv, (Costain Skanska jv) the 'enabling works' contractor is close to completing,
    and,
    Strabag Costain Skanska the Tunnelling contractor is gearing up on site,
    but reputedly the tunnel boring machine has not yet been built.

  • Is there any major work on infrastructure like roads + rail going on during this period?

    Not sure about major, there are quite a few roadwork still going on (and completed).

  • In good old 'Murica they are pushing through the Keystone XL pipeline while the lockdown rules mean no-one can protest about it. So there's that.

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