by David Lavender | 1st December 2022 | News Article
Mark Harper, Secretary of State for Transport, and HS2 Ltd Chief Executive Mark Thurston recently went 33 metres below ground for an exclusive end-to-end tour of the first completed tunnel on the HS2 project. The Transport Secretary’s historic drive-through comes a...
by David Lavender | 30th November 2022 | News Article
HS2 Ltd and its contractors have donated 300 native tree saplings and sustainable tree guards to Corley Academy, a secondary school near Coventry for students with complex social and communication difficulties. The project contributes to the Queen’s Green Canopy, the...
by David Lavender | 28th November 2022 | News Article
During National Tree Week, and as HS2 starts its next season of tree planting, the project is celebrating the first five years of habitat creation on Phase One. Over 845,000 trees have now been planted and maintained including native species such as hazel, hawthorn,...
by David Lavender | 24th November 2022 | News Article
HS2 Ltd’s 125 metre-long ‘Dorothy’ tunnel boring machine has launched for her second one-mile tunnel bore under Long Itchington Wood in Warwickshire, marking the next big milestone for construction on the northern section of Phase One. After launching in December...
by David Lavender | 24th November 2022 | News Article
HS2 Ltd’s CEO Mark Thurston recently hosted Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt and Mayor of the West Midlands Andy Street at HS2’s Interchange Station construction site in Solihull. The Chancellor’s visit follows last week’s Autumn Statement in which he committed...
