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HS2 contractors begin work on UK’s longest rail viaduct 1/4 HS2 Colne Valley viaduct 2/4 HS2 Colne Valley viaduct 3/4 HS2 Colne Valley viaduct 4/4 HS2 Colne Valley viaduct HS2 Ltd’s main works contractor Align JV – made up of Bouygues Travaux Publics, Sir Robert McAlpine, and VolkerFitzpatrick – has begun work on the UK’s longest rail viaduct. The JV has begun boring work for almost 300 piles that will form the foundations for the Colne Valley Viaduct. Architecturally designed by Grimshaw Architects, the 3.4km will become the UK’s longest rail viaduct; almost 1km longer than the F...

The 'ambitious' HS2 landscape project on Hertfordshire's doorstep The plans represent the biggest single landscape and habitat creation project within HS2’s Green Corridor programme Ariel view of the Chiltern Tunnel South Portal (Image: HS2) Sign up to our newsletter for daily updates and breaking newsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up here! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticeexplains more abou...

Integration of the HS2 rail line with the Western Valley slopes. Credit: HS2 HS2 has announced a new "ambitious" scheme designed to enhance the environment near two major tunnels it is constructing. Bosses of the multibillion pound high speed railway say they want to create 127 hectares of new chalk grassland, woodland, wood pasture and wetland habitats. Labelled the Colne Valley Western Slopes project, HS2 says the scheme is the "biggest single landscape and habitat creation project within HS2’s Green Corridor programme". The plans near West Hyde on the Hertfordshire and Buckingham...

Set into a fold in the Chiltern hills near Chalfont St Giles, the headhouse is designed to “fit into the surrounding landscape and takes its inspiration