News

• Updated HS2 designs at Streethay near Lichfield result in 80% less concrete, cutting carbon on the project
• They also significantly reduce visual impacts and mean less disruption to local communities
• More planting will blend with the area’s natural landscape character

A business event hosted in partnership with Crewe and Nantwich MP, Dr Kieran Mullan, has attracted interest from more than 40 companies in the local area who are all keen to play their part in HS2’s construction and seize the opportunity for future business growth.

HS2 Ltd has been granted Schedule 17 consent by Birmingham City Council for two viaducts which will take the new high speed railway into Curzon Street Station in the city centre.

• “I’m going into a tunnel, so I might lose you” likely to be thing of the past on Britain’s new high speed rail network

HS2 Ltd, the company designing and building Britain’s new zero carbon high speed rail network, is encouraging communities to find out more about the latest proposals for the railway in their local area.

• 141 Anglo Saxon burials excavated, rich in ‘grave goods’ including Anglo Saxon jewellery, swords, shields, spears and personal hygiene kit – complete with ear wax remover and tweezers, in Buckinghamshire
• Rare discoveries to feature on Dan Snow’s History Hit streaming service and podcast released today [16^th June 2022]
• Historian Dan Snow: “This stunning set of discoveries on the HS2 route can tell us more about how our predecessors lived, fought and ultimately died. It is one of the best and most revealing post Roman sites in the country.”
• B-Roll, video and images available