We live yards from colossal HS2 building work - here's what we really think

We live yards from colossal HS2 building work - here's what we really think

Zacharias Nur is among the neighbours in Birmingham who are getting used to the gigantic construction project over their garden wall (Picture: Joseph Walshe, SWNS) A few hundred yards from one of the country’s biggest HS2 builds, residents are getting used to life in the shadow of towering cranes and a stream of works traffic.   The construction of a £570 million terminus at Birmingham Curzon Street has led to a skeleton of steel and concrete do…

HS2 completes UK’s heaviest bridge slide on Kenilworth Bypass

The A46 Kenilworth Bypass has reopened early after HS2 engineers slid a 14,500-tonne box structure into place, marking the UK’s heaviest bridge slide After entering the final phase of construction in January, the structure will allow HS2 trains to travel beneath the road of the bypass. The structure was pre-built onsite With an estimated two years required to build the box structure using traditional methods, the structure was built beside the A…

Inside the 'worst-affected' village near Kenilworth that has been cut in half by HS2 train tunnel

Residents have described the hell of living in a village dubbed the "worst-affected" by HS2 - after their small community was carved in half by a 700m tunnel.