News

• A £70k grant from HS2’s Community & Environment Fund has helped to restore the historic 12^th century Shenstone Tower in Staffordshire.

• The tower’s new viewing platform, which is open to the local community, commands panoramic views of the village and surrounding countryside.

• New video highlighting the completed tower renovations: https://youtu.be/2CjMF_o4qsQ

• Plans for HS2’s low-lying River Blythe Viaduct incorporate local feedback on tree planting and preserving the rural environment
• The 475 metre viaduct will be built over floodplain near the new Interchange Station in Solihull
• Local residents are invited to see designs at an event in Hampton in Arden on Tuesday 5 December

HS2 civil engineering apprentice, Nusayba Abaas, has been selected to play a lead role at this year’s STEM LIVE event, which takes place at the Science Museum in London today (28th November 2023).

• Download new images showing the 2 bridges, 1 underpass and 3.4km of earthworks delivered by HS2 on behalf of East West Rail at Calvert, Buckinghamshire.

• Over 2,000 cubic metres of concrete poured on Curzon Viaduct’s first two deck spans
• Construction of 26 giant piers completed and four spans of the central Birmingham viaduct well underway
• View photos and video