Heathrow Area Freight Forum Olympic Working Group Welcome to the Working Group

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The Heathrow Area Freight ForumOlympic Working
Group Todays 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.
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Heathrow Area Freight ForumOlympic Working
GroupOlympic Games Period
JUN 2012
JUL 2012
AUG 2012
SEP 2012
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Heathrow Area Freight ForumOlympic Working
GroupTraffic Hot Spots - Wider Area
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Heathrow / M4 Corridor
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M4 Junction 3

• 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 journeys travelling North to come
  South or v.v. to gain airport access

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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 whats 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

• 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

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Heathrow Area Freight ForumOlympic Working
GroupTraffic 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
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Changes to working practicesForwarders

• 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

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Changes to working practicesTransit Sheds and
self handled airlines

• No change to schedules
• No change to trucking schedules
• No additional staff
• No change to rosters
• No idea of additional export payloads due to high
  passenger baggage
• Issues will be dealt with on the day

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Communication during the Games(Key to staying
open for business)Wider area

• 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

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Communication during the Games(Key to staying
open for business)Airport

• 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

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Communication management
HAFF Twitter feed on BIFA, ASM and AOCC websites
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Communication managementTrade 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
• Daily conference calls followed by a group update
  - via email.
• Update on warehouse congestion should it occur.

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Communication management

• The message is clear - Heathrow is open for
  business.
• Any other questions.