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HS2 work bootcamp to upskill Camden residents for construction jobs
16 Jan 2025- New training course to get Camden residents ready for careers in construction in just two weeks, with around 30 local people expected to benefit
- Running at HS2’s Euston Approaches compound, the initiative is a collaboration between Flannery Plant Hire, HS2 and its construction partner Skanska Costain STRABAG (SCS), Camden Council, and the Euston Partnership
- Download images: HS2 News and Information - Media gallery
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Giant HS2 box structure under A46 approaches final phase of construction
08 Jan 2025- 120 colossal beams installed on a 14,500-tonne box structure which will carry HS2 under the A46 Kenilworth Bypass
- The huge box is currently being built on land next to the A46, rather than beneath the carriageway itself, which significantly minimises long-term disruption
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HS2 takes shape: progress to deliver Britain's new high-speed railway revealed
30 Dec 2024- Figures show progress made on tunnelling, viaducts and earthworks as construction advances on 140-mile route
- HS2 Ltd’s new Chief Executive prepares for a "fundamental reset” of the programme to address its serious cost challenges
- Significant year ahead for HS2 – including completion of two more twin-bore tunnels – just as Britain prepares to mark bicentenary of the railways
- Downloadable images of the railway's construction available on HS2 Ltd's website
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It’s in the can! – HS2 tunnelling machine finishes its 5-mile journey
20 Dec 2024- TBM Sushila has reached Green Park Way, breaking through underground into a reception can in a complex engineering operation
- The Northolt Tunnel will take HS2 trains from West Ruislip, on the outskirts of the capital, through to HS2’s Old Oak Common station in West London.
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Kenilworth’s new swimming pools to receive a welcome enhancement thanks to HS2 grant
18 Dec 2024- Funding of £75,000 has been awarded to Warwick District Council from HS2’s Community & Environment Fund
- The grant will go towards developing a new outdoor space as part of a multi-million-pound redevelopment of Abbey Fields Swimming Pool
- To date, just over £3.5 million from HS2’s combined community and business funds has been awarded to schemes near to HS2’s route in the West Midlands