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Engineers this week began a delicate job that will see almost half a kilometre of bridge deck slid into position over the next year, high above the Misbourne Valley in Buckinghamshire, as HS2’s innovative Wendover Dean Viaduct enters a critical new stage of construction.

• Options for the appearance of Balsall Common Viaduct in the West Midlands go on display at community events on 18 and 25 January
• Local people will vote on colour, finish, and pattern designs as well as landscape plans
• CGIs of the options here

• Building work continues after Colne Valley viaduct passes halfway point in Autumn 2023

• Giant step forward for new high-speed line with £5bn of contracts to build HS2's crucial rail infrastructure
• Major milestones coming up next year including start of work on Birmingham's new Curzon Street station
• More than 30,000 people now employed on the programme as it hits 'peak construction'

• Milestone in North Warwickshire as HS2 completes first 39 metre span of the 472 metre River Tame West Viaduct
• 16 concrete segments were slid into place over 22 days using a 42 metre truss structure
• View video, photos and map

• Breakthrough on HS2’s longest tunnel expected early next year as giant tunnelling machines 90% of the way through the 10-mile-long Chiltern tunnel.
• Download the latest photos of the tunnel and construction progress at the Chesham Road shaft.