HS2 Chilterns work: full details due in 2018
A detailed programme of works relating to the construction of HS2 through the Chilterns will be available by the end of next year.
Transport Minister Andrew Jones, in a Commons Written Reply to Cheryl Gillan (Conservative, Chesham and Amersham), said: “Following contract award, the Main Works contractors will be in place later this year. As designs mature, the programme of works will be developed, culminating in a detailed programme being available by the end of 2018.
“Programmes are currently being developed for individual localised Enabling Works packages such as habitat creations, site clearance and highway improvements in preparation for the Main Works. HS2 Ltd will be meeting my Right Hon. Friend [Gillan] on March 27 to provide an update on the works within the Chiltern area.”
HS2 received Royal Assent on February 23 ( RAIL 822). Trains are due to start running in 2026.