For the last couple of years the APRS has been working with UK Post (now called UK Screen) to ensure that the building and running of the proposed Crossrail underground railway tunnels would not have a negative effect upon  the many recording and post-production studios in the Soho area of central London.  The Crossrail Bill has been introduced to Parliament as a 'Hybrid Bill"  This is a procedural device that is often applied to large institutional projects that are to be governed by a special authority which the government has appointed.  The rules surrounding lobbying for changes to a hybrid bill has meant that a team of parliamentary solicitors have had to be employed to couch  the petition specialist parliamentary language.

Many APPS members lead by our friends at Grand Central (who had their own petition) contributed to the process of devising the joint APRS / UK Post petition which argued for special non-vibrating railway track and a special set of tests to demonstrate that the new railway does not produce additional noise and vibration that would impact upon the recording businesses established in Soho.  

We are pleased to publish the Government's response to our petition and the details of the measures they have agreed to take to satisfy our concerns.

	Crossrail response - covering letter	To view these files you may need to download and install Adobe Reader. Click the button for the free download.
	Crossrail response - full details

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