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Pre-2017 HS2 press releases are available on GOV.UK/HS2
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HS2 launches first virtual ‘Meet the Contractor’ event
03 Nov 2020Registrations now open for over 1,000 one-to-one meetings with HS2 contractors.
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HS2 Community Fund awards £74,977 to Greatworth Community Transport Association in Northamptonshire
30 Oct 2020Today (Friday 30 October) the Greatworth Community Transport Association in Northamptonshire has become the latest to benefit from the HS2 Community and Environment Fund, as it is announced that they have been awarded just under £75,000 to lease a 16-seater community minibus which will provide a service for the communities of Greatworth and the surrounding area for a period of three years during the main HS2 construction works.
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Latest designs revealed for Little Missenden’s HS2 vent shaft headhouse
30 Oct 2020- Images available here
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Designs for HS2 Canterbury Works vent shaft and headhouse revealed
27 Oct 2020- Images available here
- Local residents are invited to learn more about the headhouse at a virtual engagement event.
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HS2 completes construction milestone as 914 tonne modular bridge is moved into place in 45 minutes
25 Oct 2020- Major engineering milestone completed this weekend (24-25 October), as a 45 metre, 914 tonne modular bridge was driven into place over the A446 in Solihull.
- Designed in a virtual world, the bridge took only 45 minutes to be driven into place.
- The A446 has been reopened 24 hours earlier than planned.
- Durham-based Cleveland Bridge manufactured and supplied 220 tonnes of steel girders for the bridge, while Expanded’s off-site manufacturing factory in Nottinghamshire provided 80 precast concrete modular abutment blocks.
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HS2 will enable growth in rail freight usage at UK ports
22 Oct 2020- New video available here: https://youtu.be/mU91oNIazfs
- New capacity explainer animation available here: https://youtu.be/vyPQ87trCxI