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Pre-2017 HS2 press releases are available on GOV.UK/HS2
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First look at newest HS2 bridge near Balsall Common
14 Aug 2024- Successful completion of 185-metre bridge designed to take HS2 under the A452 Kenilworth Road
- Complex 18-month build delivered by a 50-strong team, using 7,200 cubic metres of concrete and 1,800 tonnes of steel
- View images, plus timelapse and drone footage
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HS2 moves new 84 metre Aston Church Road bridge into place in Birmingham
13 Aug 2024- In a five-hour operation, HS2 contractors moved a 1,600 tonne bridge over existing railway tracks in north-east Birmingham
- The bridge was moved using two 128-wheeled self-propelled transporters
- View and download media b-roll - timelapse / drone footage, photos and CGIs
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New Timelapse: HS2 completes epic 8 month Wendover Dean Viaduct deck slide
12 Aug 2024- View and embed a new timelapse video showing how engineers slid the 3,700 tonne deck of the Wendover Dean Viaduct carefully into position – up-hill over eight months between January and August 2024.
- Download new images showing progress on site near Wendover, Buckinghamshire.
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New analysis shows how HS2 could boost rural broadband
08 Aug 2024- HS2 will offer mobile and broadband providers access to cabling and telecoms masts in rural areas, helping to boost local connectivity.
- New analysis revealed today shows that thousands of properties across 538 postcodes could gain access to Ultrafast broadband speeds and better connectivity thanks to HS2.
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UK-first technique in full swing on HS2’s River Tame West Viaducts
25 Jul 2024- A giant cantilever structure, used in the UK for the first time, has built the first section of HS2’s 472 metre River Tame West Viaducts.
- The specialist method will be used to build nine viaducts in HS2’s Delta Junction, totalling 6,500 metres in length.
- The process installs pre-cast concrete segments produced at HS2’s nearby factory, where a 200-strong team have celebrated making the first 1,000 segments.
- Download photos and view YouTube video with captions
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We’re half way there! HS2’s Northolt Tunnel under the capital is 50% complete
18 Jul 2024- Quartet of tunnelling machines boring the Northolt Tunnel between West Ruislip and Old Oak Common station have built half of the tunnel
- New video and images shows the unstoppable momentum of the HS2 programme in London