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• Download new images showing the final design for the new viaduct over the Oxford Canal between Banbury and Daventry

Plans to bring high speed rail to Manchester are already well underway. To inform next steps in the Parliamentary process, HS2 is engaging local communities to discuss proposed changes to its construction designs to reduce future flood impacts in West Didsbury.

• HS2 has submitted plans for Balsall Common Viaduct, incorporating local feedback on landscape design, planting and connectivity
• Realignment of Bayleys Brook will enhance the aquatic habitat of the Brook
• CGIs design images here: https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/construction/birmingham-viaducts/balsall-common-viaduct
• Local community event will be held on 16 February to share the plans
• Engagement Event: https://www.hs2.org.uk/events/balsall-common-viaduct-engagement-event/ 

HS2 Ltd has today (8^th February) set out plans which could radically improve capacity at Junction 6 of the M56 to support future growth and development aspirations around the proposed new HS2/NPR station at Manchester Airport.

• HS2 confirms over 200 new apprenticeship jobs for the region
• Announcement comes as the UK marks National Apprenticeship Week
• West Midlands Mayor, Andy Street says “The employment opportunities created by HS2 are significant. I cannot wait to see lives changed for the better in the months and years ahead”

• HS2 launches its biggest ever apprenticeship recruitment drive
• 300 new apprenticeship jobs confirmed on the first day of National Apprenticeship Week
• Recruitment opens this week for the first 80 vacancies