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• Giant tunnelling machine – named ‘Florence’ – completes 10-mile drive under the Chilterns in 2 years and 9 months.
• Download images of the breakthrough at the North Portal, near South Heath, Buckinghamshire
• 3 million cubic metres of material excavated from the tunnels to be reused for ambitious chalk grassland restoration project.

• 1,700 tonne machine begins 3.4mile dig under the capital
• New video shows how the TBM was constructed below ground at HS2's Victoria Road site in West London: https://youtu.be/Ge0qaxsnE-Q?si=Dp6aJVG8pTd4lNH5

• HS2 gains planning consent for Infrastructure Maintenance Depot set to create 300 jobs in Buckinghamshire.
• Download images of the Infrastructure Maintenance Depot

Former service personnel from the British Army, Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Royal Air Force are receiving support to transition into new careers on HS2, Britain’s biggest build.

• New data shows surge in regeneration and investment near HS2 stations and depot sites in the region
• 41,000 homes, 30,835 new jobs and 704,000 square metres of commercial floorspace will be generated in areas close to these three HS2 hubs
• Huge increases in planning applications and developments far outstrip investment activity outside HS2 impact zones – the 1.5 mile radius around the two stations and depot
• Read the report here: https://bit.ly/3UK2Ufs

• An 84 metre, 300 tonne steel viaduct section has been moved into place at HS2’s Delta Junction in 11.5 hours
• This is the first section of two 158 metre viaducts which will take high speed trains over the M42/M6 link roads in North Warwickshire
• Photos here: https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/construction/delta-junction/m42m6-link-viaducts