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Following the launch of HS2's first two giant tunnelling machines, engineers working on Britain’s new high speed railway have now begun excavating the first of five shafts that will provide ventilation and emergency access to the ten-mile long tunnels they are digging under the Chiltern hills.

Ahead of its arrival into the capital, the team leading the design and construction of Britain’s new railway, High Speed Two (HS2), is hitting the streets with a brand-new community roadshow.

HS2 Ltd’s annual Equality, Diversity and Inclusion report for 2020/21 shows that it continues to play a leading role in driving best practice and quality standards across the industry.

HS2 has today [Monday 19^th July 2021] revealed that its designers are on track to more than halve the amount of embedded carbon in one of the high speed rail project’s viaducts.

A small family-run business in Stratford Upon Avon has received a boost after completing its first contract on Europe’s biggest engineering project, HS2.

• Successful retrofit trial on large Non-Road Mobile Machinery certified by the Energy Saving Trust
• The trial on older vehicles showed emissions reduced to new vehicle standards, leading to better air quality on construction sites
• Green light for industry-wide roll-out will bring benefits for the environment, communities and the workforce
• Millions of pounds will be saved for the construction sector