News

• Twelve UK regions share a slice of £7.9bn in HS2 contracts
• Over 2,000 UK-based businesses benefit
• East of England, West Midlands, London and the South East emerge as the regional frontrunners
• £3.6bn goes to SMEs, who represent 73% of HS2’s UK-based supply chain

• The HS2 Community and Environment Fund grant will support the Centre’s Women's Fitness Project (WFP)
• • The funding means the WFP can continue to operate for the next three years.

A key viaduct that will take HS2 trains across the A413 and local rail lines south of Wendover has been given the green light by Buckinghamshire Council.

• HS2 funding will support sessions at an after-school Art Club for pupils from John Perryn Primary School.
• A.P.P.L.E. is a charity which has served the local community for almost 20 years, helping to teach young people perseverance, flexible thinking and self-motivation through art.

• Giant 847 tonne machine will build an 853 metre logistics tunnel to deliver construction materials and remove spoil for the construction of the Euston Running Tunnel 
• It will reduce lorry movements by 70,000 during construction
• With a 6.2 metre internal diameter, it starts 5 metres below ground and will reach a depth of 20 metres

• HS2 completes 200 metre porous portal for the 700 metre Burton Green Tunnel near Kenilworth

• New trees and pathways will be planted above the tunnel to improve local connectivity and link to the Kenilworth Greenway

• New video with drone footage shows how the 700 metre long structure is being built: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDKDFhRsaDg