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The Leader of the Opposition Sir Keir Starmer has said that it would be “impossible” to bring HS2 to the North.

He made the comments during an interview at the Manchester Evening News (MEN) office on Thursday 11 January, confirming that Labour will not order the construction of the second phase…

People in Balsall Common, a village in the West Midlands, are being asked to vote on designs for a viaduct as part of what HS2 calls its “commitment to inclusive design”.

Options will cover the viaducts colour, finish, pattern designs and landscape plans and will go on display at community events…

HS2 main contractor EKFB (Eiffage Kier Ferrovial Bam JV) has commenced sliding sections of deck for the 450m long Wendover Dean viaduct into position, a process that will take a year to complete.

The Wendover Dean viaduct is the first major railway bridge in the UK to be built with a…

The chair and acting chief executive of HS2 Ltd has said the project’s delays and cost hikes have been partly caused by the government not being able to afford the construction schedule.

Speaking in a Transport Select Committee session on 10 December, HS2 chair Sir Jon Thompson said: “The government itself…

The Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) has set out its agenda for the next government following the General Election “to deliver economic growth and set the nation on a path to a more prosperous, sustainable future”.

CECA has more than 300 members across the devolved nations of Scotland and Wales and…

Safeguarded land that was previously to be used for the construction of HS2 north of Birmingham is unlikely to be sold before a General Election, despite the government’s wishes to offload it.

This means that the government in power after the next General Election could have the option to reinstate the…

Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen has kicked off 2024 by promising to build a new eastern crossing over the River Tees and reconstruct Teesside Airport train station using funds from the cancelled northern legs of HS2.

The idea of a new eastern crossing linking Hartlepool and Redcar is not a new…

A sustainable, safe and reliable ground stabilisation technique not widely used in the UK is experiencing significant success on the High Speed 2 and Silvertown tunnels.

Ground freezing is not a new technology. It has been deployed for tunnel cross passages in many countries for a long time. But in…

A road bridge over the railway in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, has been strengthened with foam concrete to prepare for upcoming works for High Speed 2 (HS2).

The strengthening involved filling the structure’s three arches with foamed concrete. This work, which was part funded by HS2, will remove the weight limit that was…

£5bn of new contracts are to be let over the course of 2024 by HS2 Ltd as it says it has hit “peak construction” of the rail project.

It heralded a “giant step forward” for the project and listed a series of achievements so far, as well as work expected to…