HS2

A 1,631-tonne HS2 bridge is being moved into place over Lawley Middleway in Birmingham this week, marking a key milestone in the rail link’s approach to Curzon Street station. HS2’s main works contractor in the Midlands, the Balfour Beatty Vinci (BBV) joint venture, is delivering the operation with specialist bridge-move…

The government has torpedoed prospects of reviving the scrapped HS2 leg between Birmingham and Leeds by announcing plans to sell off its property along the route. Transport secretary Heidi Alexander yesterday confirmed in a written ministerial statement that safeguarding directions, which blocked development along that part of the phase 2b…

Bam has removed Danny Sullivan Group from the controversial HS2 ‘bat tunnel’ project after an investigation into labour supply issues. The move comes after HS2 launched an internal investigation earlier this year into whistleblowing allegations that overinflated rates were charged for workers supplied to build in the West Midlands. It is understood…

Starting construction work on HS2 before enough design decisions were taken put all the project risk on the government-owned client, the high-speed rail megaproject’s chief executive has said. Mark Wild (pictured) told the House of Commons Transport Committee on Wednesday (9 July) that HS2 “proceeded too fast” with construction work…

The government spent more than £100m on steel made outside the UK for the High Speed 2 (HS2) megaproject in the year to April 2024, data has revealed. Figures published by the Department for Business and Trade last week showed that 63 purchases of steel were made to build the…

A review into the HS2 project has found it stretched the supply market beyond its capacity and warned the UK's construction capability is not “fit for purpose” to meet the government’s infrastructure ambitions. The Major Transport Projects Governance and Assurance Review by consultant James Stewart, published on Wednesday (18 June), found…

Suppliers on the HS2 project are set to be financially rewarded for helping drive down costs to the taxpayer, transport minister Heidi Alexander has announced. Alexander told Parliament that firms working on the high-speed rail line between Birmingham and London will be offered improved returns if they can help reduce…

The High Court has rejected a bid for a judicial review over HS2’s extension of the Bromford Tunnel in the West Midlands. North Warwickshire Borough Council (NWBC) had launched a legal challenge against a decision last year by transport and levelling-up secretaries to overrule its rejection of an application by…

Plans to complete HS2 at Euston remain “a good way off” and a swift resolution for the site needs to be reached urgently, the rail body’s two commissioners have said. HS2’s independent residents’ commissioner Stewart Jackson said the plans for HS2’s London terminus remained “unclear and undefined”. In their latest…

Government plans to slash the statutory pre-consultation period for major projects have drawn a cautious welcome from industry with warnings it will not be a "golden bullet". The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government said the latest reforms to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill would allow key infrastructure to…