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• HS2 launches competition for people in Warwickshire to name the 2,000 tonne tunnel boring machine that will dig under Long Itchington Wood
• Local schools, colleges and scouts already signed up
• Warwickshire County Council starts the ball rolling with suggestion of famous local author George Eliot
• Three shortlisted names will be put to a national public vote in the summer
• Photos of the TBM in the factory before it was transported to Warwickshire here and a video here about the tunnel
• People can submit names on the online competition portal here: https://www.hs2.org.uk/long-itchington-tunnel/ 

A family-run British business is among the growing number of UK companies providing supplies and services to support the safe construction of Britain’s new railway, HS2.

• 300,000m3 of material excavated, ready to be recycled
• 120 people have carried out earthmoving work since April 2020
• Warwickshire site now ready for tunnel boring machine to dig under ancient woodland
• Images available here: https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/tbms-and-tunnels-massive-machines-and-their-current-progress/long-itchington-wood-tunnel/collins-earthworks

Wincham-based Select Plant Hire has almost doubled the size of its Cheshire depot and workforce after winning a contract to supply eco-cabins at HS2 construction sites.

HS2 today began the search for a specialist contractor to build the high speed rail project’s central control centre and maintenance depot, which will create around 500 long-term jobs in Birmingham’s Washwood Heath.