News

• Local people have voted on the appearance of the 425 metre long Balsall Common viaduct in the West Midlands
• A majority of 73% voted for polished concrete parapets, the preferred option put forward by HS2 designers
• Download CGIs of preferred design options here - https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/balsall-common-viaduct-designs 

University students who live, or study, in the Midlands are being offered the chance to join HS2’s construction partner Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV) on an eight-week paid work placement this summer.

HS2 today revealed new images of the project’s largest ‘green bridge’, which will cross the high-speed railway near Brackley.

• Solihull Council approves design for HS2 green tunnel in Burton Green
• A realigned Kenilworth Greenway will include extensive tree planting, new footpaths and better connections to local woods and communities
• Design CGIs and construction progress photos of the green tunnel

• £56,000 HS2 grant awarded to social enterprise - Bikeworks
• Ealing, Hammersmith and North Kensington residents who are isolated, less mobile or who have a disability are among those set to benefit
• Funding helps to secure the organisation’s work in the community for two years