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HS2 today named the teams that will deliver the high-speed rail project’s state-of-the-art track, signalling, communications, and other systems.

• High speed rail bridge wins in 'engineering' category  of the Royal Fine Art Commission Trust’s Building Beauty Awards - 2024 

• A grant of over £210,000 has been awarded to Birmingham City Council from the HS2 Business and Local Economy Fund (BLEF)
• The funding boost will help to illuminate and signpost walking routes in Digbeth, Birmingham
• Local schemes close to HS2’s route in the West Midlands have benefitted from a share of just over £3.5 million from HS2’s combined community and business funds over a seven-year period
• Image supplied by Intervention Architecture: Work begins on Digbeth lighting scheme following HS2 grant

• View and embed a new video showing construction of the ‘green bridge’ at Turweston, near Brackley. (Broadcast quality video available on request)
• Download new images showing the steel beams that will support the 5,940sq/m structure which will carry a country lane and wildlife corridor over the railway

• Construction of the 700-metre-long HS2 Burton Green ‘green tunnel’ is now 50% complete, with 150 people supporting the build process
• The last year has seen completion of the southern portal entrance and complex underground structural elements, including retaining walls and over 1,300 piles using 33,000 cubic metres of concrete in total
• Download new footage and images

• One million cubic metres of concrete have been used so far to build HS2 structures across the region
• With 1.9 million cubic metres due to be used in total, the milestone signals that over 50% of the required concrete has been used on the 90km stretch
• The concrete is made from low carbon content as part of HS2’s strategy to reduce carbon in construction