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Pre-2017 HS2 press releases are available on GOV.UK/HS2
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HS2 welcomes planning approval for major Birmingham viaducts
20 Jun 2022HS2 Ltd has been granted Schedule 17 consent by Birmingham City Council for two viaducts which will take the new high speed railway into Curzon Street Station in the city centre.
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The UK’s first fully electric crawler cranes start work on HS2 as the project moves towards diesel free construction sites
10 Feb 2022- HS2 becomes the first UK construction project to use fully electric giant crawler cranes
- Three electric cranes have arrived on HS2 sites in London, supporting HS2’s drive towards net zero carbon
- The emissions-free Liebherr cranes are supplied by UK company Select Plant Hire
- Images available here: https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/environment/reducing-carbon/uk-s-first-giant-fully-electric-cranes
- Video available here: https://youtu.be/GKLS6QM6Xco.
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HS2 to be powered by zero carbon energy from Day One
11 Jan 2022- HS2 Minister commits to power Britain’s new highspeed trains with zero carbon energy from the outset – supporting the goal of making HS2 net zero from 2035
- As part of the drive to net zero, HS2 Ltd plans to make construction sites diesel-free by 2029 and halve emissions from steel and concrete by 2030
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HS2 Ltd celebrates a successful 2021 and looks ahead to 2022
28 Dec 2021- New images of major construction moments, big contract awards and significant jobs milestones: https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/construction/hs2-in-2021
- See the year in pictures with photos and a video showcasing the scale of work and the big milestone moments: https://youtu.be/1S624iIKqFg
- Mark Thurston, HS2 CEO: “It has been a year of major moments for HS2 – from the start of tunnelling, to hitting 20,000 jobs, to awarding the contract to build our trains – 2021 really showed the incredible momentum on Britain’s biggest infrastructure project.”
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Birmingham Ladywood MP hears how constituents are benefitting from HS2
07 Dec 2021Birmingham Ladywood MP, Shabana Mahmood, has visited HS2’s Curzon Street Station site to see for herself how Eastside is being transformed in readiness for the arrival of HS2 and the city’s brand-new intercity terminus station.
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Spectacular video shows HS2 contractors remove disused bridge to prepare for the new high speed rail route into Birmingham
21 Oct 2021- A disused bridge near Saltley in Birmingham has been safely demolished by HS2’s main works civils contractor Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV)
- Over 685m3 of concrete, 165 tonnes of reinforcement and 250 tonnes of structural steel were removed by precision techniques over four weekends
- Watch a time lapse video of the demolition here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBeB5qTb9oc