Transcript Heathrow Area Freight Forum Olympic Working Group Welcome

The Heathrow Area Freight Forum
Olympic Working Group
Today’s Objectives
For the cargo community to have a clear
understanding the impact the Olympics will have on
our business and to send out a clear message to
manufacturers and Forwarders around the country
that Heathrow is open for business during the
games period.
Heathrow Area Freight Forum
Olympic Working Group
Olympic Games Period
JUN 2012
JUL 2012
AUG 2012
SEP 2012
Planned events including visitor landmarks and events
London working and moving
2-5 JUN
Diamond
Jubilee
JUL
Torch Relay
London
13 JUL
Official opening of
Olympic Village
JUN
Venues open
Media centre opens
Soft opening of
Olympic Village
AUG
Olympic Games
Departures
28 JULY - 12 AUG
Olympic Games
27 JUL
Opening
Ceremony
AUG
Notting
Hill
SEP
Paralympic
Games
Departures
14 SEP
Olympic
Park closes
30 AUG - 9 SEP
29 AUG
Paralympic
Paralympic Games
Opening Ceremony
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Heathrow Area Freight Forum
Olympic Working Group
Traffic Hot Spots - Wider Area
Heathrow / M4 Corridor
Games Lane
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M4 Junction 3
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•M4 access - emergency
repairs
• No other option for
business traffic trying to
access the M4 junction or
trying to avoid it during
games times.
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Cranford High Street
• Identified as the main
holding area for traffic prior
to joining the M4 J3
interchange
• Normal traffic is expected to
queue back to Bath Road
and beyond
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A312 / A30 / Green
Lane junctions
• As it is today this is likely to
be one of the most congested
junctions on the planned
route.
• The working group felt that
this immediate area was
likely to have the biggest
impact on companies day to
day operation with very few
alternative routes
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Hatton Cross
• The working
group identified
this junction as
being one of the
most difficult to
avoid during peak
periods
• It was also
identified that
company premises
situated on the
A30 itself would
have extremely
difficult journey’s
travelling North to
come South or v.v.
to gain airport
access
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Octob
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Wider Area
• Working group identified
that wider area impact for
businesses immediately
associated with trading with
the airport covered a far
wider area than what’s been
identified for traffic purposes.
Major forwarders and Trading
Estates to the South, East
and North of the airport are
likely to encounter major
difficulties in navigating in
and out of the airport, and
operating in the surrounding
area.
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Egham A30
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Eton Dorney
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Eton Dorney
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Rowing Dates
Sat 28 July & Sat 04 August
Canoe & Kayak Dates
Mon 6 August & Sat 11 August
Para Dates
Fri 31 Aug & 2 Sept
Bound to be increased activity before,during
and after these events
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Cycling - Road race
28th & 29th July
5th & 8th Sept
Box Hill area in Surrey
expecting 150,000 spectators
expect impacts on A24/M25
and surrounding area
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Cargo - Airport Hot spots
1. North side - Customs House
2. South side - Sandringham Road area
3. South side - Solent Road area (Horse Shoe)
4. South side - Entrance to BAWC & Servisair, VIP suite and
temporary terminal
5. South of the river - Perimeter road to Swissport
6. South of the river - Swissport Terminal, Cathay Pacific
Terminal, Dnata Terminal
7. South of the river - Access road to and from Swissport to
Gibbs Corner traffic lights
Heathrow Area Freight Forum
Olympic Working Group
Traffic Hot Spots - Airport Area
1.Customs House
Cargo area
2. 3.4 North of the river
5,6,7Cargo Facilities and access roads south of the river
Changes to working practices
Forwarders
• At certain times Forwarders will be
looking at using smaller vehicles to
avoid night lorry restrictions
• Possible co-loading being considered
• No change to rosters
• No additional agency staff
• Issues will be dealt with on the day
Changes to working practices
Transit Sheds and self handled
airlines
• No change to schedules
• No change to trucking schedules
• No additional staff
• No change to roster’s
• No idea of additional export payloads due
to high passenger baggage
• Issues will be dealt with on the day
Communication during the Games
(Key to staying open for business)
Wider area
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A Twitter account has been created to
distribute live updates between working group
members
Use of Trade websites AOCC, BIFA and ASM
available for information updates from the
Twitter account
Links to TfL websites via Trade websites
Communication during the Games
(Key to staying open for business)
Airport
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Key departure dates for competitors is 13/14/15
August - expect increased activity around the VIP
suite entrance (BAWC entrance) and at the Click
Car Park, South Side
Need to stay in touch with customers to understand
the wider picture
Need to advise if backlogs are beginning to appear
to certain destinations
Engage in twitter dialog if possible
Communication management
HAFF Twitter feed on BIFA, ASM and AOCC
websites
Communication management
Trade Websites
• www.aoccuk.org
• www.asm.org.uk
• www.bifa.org
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Communication management
Your actions
Phone your customers - ask the
questions
Use the website information to update
your customers - remember the hot spots
Tell your customers about the websites
HAFFWG - other actions
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Daily conference calls followed by a
group update - via email.
Update on warehouse congestion
should it occur.
Communication management
• The message is clear - Heathrow
is open for business.
• Any other questions.