News

• Iconic curved truss bridge with vibrant light installation will bring HS2 trains into central Birmingham
• The 150-metre-long superstructure – dubbed “The Bellingham Bridge” by the team after the sparkling performances at the FIFA World Cup by local boy Jude Bellingham – is designed to celebrate the area’s industrial heritage and make a striking addition to the city’s skyline
• CGIs of the bridge and dynamic-coloured artwork: https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/construction/birmingham-viaducts/curzon-viaduct-no-2 

• The latest cohort of the successful Innovation Accelerator initiative will base tech start-ups with project’s main civil engineering contractors to help tailor innovative solutions for the construction industry

• HS2 reveals that ten construction sites on the project have become 100 per cent diesel-free ahead of schedule, as the project continues to reduce its carbon emissions.
• Seven construction sites in the Chilterns and Colne Valley, and three sites in London have completely eliminated diesel from their operation – generators, welfare facilities, crawler cranes and piling rigs.
• Alongside these green wins, HS2 launches its ‘Diesel-free Plan: Building a net zero future’
  
• Video about three of the sites: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mpvyw-PavvY
• Photos here: https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/environment/reducing-carbon/10-diesel-free-sites 

A small truck hire business in Weedon Bec, Northamptonshire has raised its fortunes thanks to the work it has secured supporting HS2’s construction.

• Mark Harper MP, Secretary of State for Transport, joined HS2 Ltd CEO Mark Thurston for a drive-through of the first bored tunnel at Long Itchington in Warwickshire, as momentum continues to build on the project
• The 2,000 tonne TBM broke through in July after 7 months of digging the one-mile tunnel. Today marks the first time VIPs and media have been able to travel end-to-end in a tunnel on the UK’s new high speed network
• Photos here: https://visual.library.hs2.org.uk/p/share/oROMdIZln54l 

• The Ruislip Northwood Old Folks Association is the first project in the Uxbridge & South Ruislip parliamentary constituency to receive funding through HS2’s Community & Environment Fund (CEF)
  • The MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, Boris Johnson, visited the centre in Elm Park, Ruislip on Monday [28/11/2022] to meet volunteers behind the project