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HS2 Ltd Chief Executive Mark Wild today issued a rallying cry to the property sector to capitalise on the huge investment opportunities being generated by the project.

• Major construction milestone as HS2 completes the first section of the 3.5-mile Bromford Tunnel linking Warwickshire and Birmingham
• Tunnel boring machine, Mary Ann, travelled under the region’s motorway network, watercourses and key National Grid infrastructure without disruption
• Specialist tunnelling teams spent 652 days and nights working underground to complete the mission
• Photographs capture the breakthrough moment https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/construction/midlands-tunnels-and-cuttings/bromford-tunnel/mary-ann-breakthrough-may-2025
• Striking new images show the team at work underground https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/construction/midlands-tunnels-and-cuttings/bromford-tunnel/bromford-tunnelling-heroes 

• Civil engineering specialist MPB Structures will build the substructure for HS2’s flagship station in Birmingham
• A team of around 140 people will start delivering the works in early 2025
• Training and jobs will be available for local people

• Figures show progress made on tunnelling, viaducts and earthworks as construction advances on 140-mile route 
• HS2 Ltd’s new Chief Executive prepares for a "fundamental reset” of the programme to address its serious cost challenges
• Significant year ahead for HS2 – including completion of two more twin-bore tunnels – just as Britain prepares to mark bicentenary of the railways
• Downloadable images of the railway's construction available on HS2 Ltd's website

• Eight huge steel segments moved into place to create two 159 metre viaduct spans over the River Cole in North Warwickshire
• Spectacular drone and timelapse footage shows the complex lifting operations
• Download map and video of the Delta Junction layout

• A grant of over £210,000 has been awarded to Birmingham City Council from the HS2 Business and Local Economy Fund (BLEF)
• The funding boost will help to illuminate and signpost walking routes in Digbeth, Birmingham
• Local schemes close to HS2’s route in the West Midlands have benefitted from a share of just over £3.5 million from HS2’s combined community and business funds over a seven-year period
• Image supplied by Intervention Architecture: Work begins on Digbeth lighting scheme following HS2 grant