Train Wash developers “will be taking steps to reduce any convenience caused by the work.” #parforthecourse

Absolutely brutal noise and vibration from the piling work for the Cambridge train wash. The entire street is shaking. Appalling.

We appeal to the Committee to impose reasonable conditions and not allow this facility to operate at the long-term cost of injury to the community. 17

This facility raises the prospect that at no point in the future will we be assured of a rest from noise, vibration, visual, light, and chemical pollution. 16/

We are already suffering from almost 7 day a week construction noise from both this and Ironworks, exacerbated by working from home during a pandemic. 15/

5. Operations should be limited to Monday – Friday, with a maximum of 2 trains per hour. 14/

4. Ongoing vibration assessments of the integrity of foundations and walls of houses. 13/

3. Ongoing noise assessments to hold the operators to the claimed 44dB during cleaning and 38dB background. 12/

2. Maximum physical noise attenuation of the buildings, and acoustic fences at entrance and exit, and especially along the whole length of the sidings. Following the precautionary principle, this should be done now, and should not await post-operation tests. 11/

1. Visual alignment with the surrounding built environment - brick-effect walls and slate coloured roofs; dark brown or green fencing. 10/

Railways need to respect the communities they serve, and so we object to the application and propose conditions as set out in our written comment. 9/

We have always accepted that living alongside the railway brings noise and we all want an efficient railway. But we feel like collateral damage in the railways’ strategic plan. 8/

Cleaning will peak with 4 trains an hour being cleaned in the anti-social times of 3:30am to 6am. And while lorries are no longer allowed to idle in streets, we are expected to tolerate more trains idling in the depot, all day, all night, forever. 7/

This is not a minor change in the normal life of the railway and community. It is a significant agent of change. 12-carriage trains will arrive constantly, from across the region, to be cleaned 24/7/365 days a year. 6/

It is not just 2 buildings. We are being asked to accept continuous noise, vibration, and chemical outputs, plus the visual blight of a 35 meter long and 8.5 meter high building and associated plant, lit up all night, just meters from our back fences. 5/

So, that this application has come before the Committee is the result of the effort and expense of residents. Even then, approval is sought only for 2  buildings rather than the industrial facility with which they are interdependent. 4/

Even when the Mill Road bridge works were proposed in 2018, this facility was largely obfuscated. Had it been raised then, I’m sure you and the community would have asked many more questions. 3/

Our statement: An industrial facility does not belong in a residential area that is itself in the centre of a conservation area. More appropriate land at Cambridge North was sold with only transport organisations consulted, not the community and not you as its representatives. 2/

The day that residents finally have their say on the train wash at @camcitco planning committee, @GTRailUK @Spencer_Group add insult to injury: we must endure continuous noisy works from 8pm Dec 24 to 9am Dec 27! @dave4labour @DanielZeichner @Cambslive @CambridgeIndy 1/

Is smashing rubbish into a skip with a digger being a good neighbour when everyone is working from home @Spencer_Group @TLRailUK @networkrail? @camcitco @dave4labour @Cambslive #quashthetrainwash