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Work begins on Digbeth lighting scheme following HS2 grant
20 Nov 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
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HS2 begins assembling Turweston green bridge deck
18 Nov 2024- 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
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HS2 reaches halfway point on key ‘green tunnel’
13 Nov 2024- 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
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Over half of the concrete needed for HS2’s West Midlands structures has been poured
07 Nov 2024- 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
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HS2 opens second key Aylesbury road bridge
04 Nov 2024- A418 reopens after week-long closure to complete its realignment over a new bridge across the HS2 route near Aylesbury
- Download new images of the bridge, which opened two months after a similar structure over the nearby A41
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Foundation work starts on bridge to take A38 highway over HS2 line
24 Oct 2024- HS2 begins foundation work for new bridge designed to carry HS2 trains under a section of the A38 near Lichfield
- The Rykneld Street bridge is the last of three structures being built within a 455-metre-long cutting, with a collaborative approach adopted to keep traffic flowing through the complex engineering operation
- Download images and footage: HS2 News and Information - Media gallery and Rykneld Street Bridge_piling works_media broll on Vimeo