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HS2 contracts tip in favour of Northamptonshire truck firm
05 Dec 2022A small truck hire business in Weedon Bec, Northamptonshire has raised its fortunes thanks to the work it has secured supporting HS2’s construction.
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Transport Secretary makes historic first journey through a completed HS2 tunnel
01 Dec 2022- 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
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Ruislip lunch and social club boosted by £42k grant from HS2 fund
30 Nov 2022- 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
- 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)
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HS2 donates 300 trees to Coventry school for Queen’s Green Canopy initiative
30 Nov 2022- Volunteers from HS2 and its contractor Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV) have planted 300 tree saplings at Corley Academy near Coventry
- The trees were donated by HS2 part of the Queen’s Green Canopy tree planting initiative
- 300 biodegradable tree guards were also donated by Northants company Ezee Tree Ltd
- Photos here: https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/environment/tree-planting-2/trees-donated-to-corley-academy
- Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXCZCJ5scGY
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QPR’s young stars get an exclusive visit to West London HS2 station site
29 Nov 2022HS2 Ltd has partnered with Queens Park Rangers football club to give its youth team squad a unique insight into life on a construction site with a visit to the site of HS2’s Old Oak Common superhub station.
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HS2 celebrates five years of tree planting and habitat creation in National Tree Week
28 Nov 2022- Since 2017, HS2’s ecologists have planted around 845,000 trees and created 119 new habitat sites, covering an area equal to 650 football pitches.
- 160 new ponds are now homes for wildlife, 2,000 bat boxes installed, and thousands of newts successfully translocated.
- Pictures of mature trees, ponds and wildflower meadows through the summer months: https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/environment/tree-planting-2/five-years-of-tree-planting
- Video here: HS2 celebrates five years of tree planting and habitat creation - YouTube