News

• The Environmental Enhancement Plan developed by the Trent Sow Group will enhance the landscape and biodiversity around the new railway
• The plan has received £1.5m funding from HS2 Ltd to deliver six projects over two years in the Trent Sow Parklands and Cannock Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
• HS2 Ltd has worked with the National Trust, the Cannock Chase AONB Partnership and other local partners on plans

• Crown Wharf Theatre on the former Joule’s Brewery site set to receive the largest award handed out on the second phase of the HS2 project

• Footage shows the seven-day operation to prepare for the installation of the Marston Box rail bridge over the M42
• The team worked around the clock to deliver intricate programme
• View the video here: https://youtu.be/1dAANy19d9s

HS2’s online jobs board, which advertises all the latest vacancies from HS2’s Phase One construction partners, has reached a landmark milestone having promoted over 2,000 job opportunities in its first year.

• New designs respond to community feedback, focusing on bigger and better green spaces around the railway
• The green tunnel will sensitively integrate the railway into the surrounding landscape and enhance local biodiversity
• A realigned Kenilworth Greenway will include extensive tree planting and connections to local woods
• Images available here: https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/construction/the-midlands/burton-green-tunnel 

• Local MP Saqib Bhatti praises “important funding” for local group