Rail (UK)

HS2 Chilterns work: full details due in 2018

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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.

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