The UK prime minister yesterday ended weeks of speculation to confirm that the northern leg of High Speed 2 (HS2) from Birmingham to Manchester will be axed, leaving a "cloud of uncertainty" over the geotechnical industry.
HS2 Ltd’s recent award of a ground investigations framework worth £300M on phase 2 hangs in the balance after it was reported that the government plans to axe the northern leg of High Speed 2 from Birmingham to Manchester.
Reports that the UK Government could axe the northern parts of High Speed 2 (HS2) have plunged the geotechnical industry into new uncertainty.
Construction work has started on High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) longest “green tunnel” in Greatworth in West Northamptonshire.
A system for detecting subsurface ground movements, combining geosynthetics and fibre optic sensing cables, is in use on a High Speed 2 cutting.
A massive operation to build and move a 2,600t bridge under the South Staffordshire railway as part of High Speed 2 (HS2) has been completed near Lichfield.
Tunnelling on High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) 16km long Chiltern tunnel is now more than 75% complete after two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) digging the structure reached a key ventilation shaft this week.
A 5,6000t bridge that was moved under the Coventry to Leamington railway is the third giant bridge move in two weeks for High Speed 2 (HS2) in the West Midlands.
Plans to build High Speed 2 (HS2) across the Cheshire Plain look set to go ahead despite geologists’ concerns that the geology of the area characterised by extensive salt deposits is “unsuitable”.
Network Rail has kicked off a two-year study looking at different ways to get High Speed 2 (HS2) trains to Leeds.
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