The 300-tonne beam was assembled offline and hydraulically push-pulled into place
Victor Buyck Steel[1] Construction has moved the first viaduct section into place over the motorway network in North Warwickshire as part of HS2’s Delta Junction.
The c…
Traffic-busting measures have been proposed to turn part of a key Solihull[1] route from a single lane road into a two-lane dual carriageway. A major highway improvement scheme is being developed to tackle congestion and long journey times along a sect…
It was a peaceful village until HS2 moved in. What was once a serene rural scene is now a ‘hellish 24/7 building site’, according to residents.
Fed-up villagers in Water Orton[1] said they no longer recognised the formerly-pleasant spot just outside Bi…
HS2[1] has announced that it has completed the first 920-tonne deck span on the first precast segmental viaduct being at the Delta Junction.
What HS2 calls a “construction milestone” is on the 472-metre River Tame West viaduct, one of thirteen viaducts…
60103 Flying Scotsman will be on the mainline this Wednesday (13th December) as it hauls a tour to Worcester[1].
Departing Cambridge[2] at 06:25, the train will pass through Ely[3] (07:20), Manea[4] (07:38), March[5] (07:47), Peterborough[6] (08:10), O…
A teenage boy was rushed to hospital after he was hit by a van in a street during the morning rush hour. It happened in Station Road, at the junction with Gorsey Lane, in Coleshill, north Warwickshire[1], just after 8am on Monday, December 4.
Police an…
‘Drivers don’t care about pedestrians’ – Birmingham Hay Mills residents speak out months after a child’s death on a neighbourhood road
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Storm Babet has unleashed scenes of chaos throughout Friday as heavy rain to lash Birmingham and the Midlands. Flooding has caused severe disruption throughout the region, turning popular suburb parks into “water rapids” and railway stations into “cana…
West Midlands Combined Authority photoRishi Sunak has confirmed that he is axing the Birmingham to Manchester leg of High Speed Rail 2[1], the UK’s biggest infrastructure project in decades.He has confirmed he will scrap plans for the northern leg[2] o…
A man was taken to hospital after a lorry and a car collided near a busy junction on the M42 in Warwickshire[1]. The incident forced a closure of the northbound exit at Junction 9, for the M6[2] Toll and Curdworth.
The closure caused long tailbacks str…
A suspected World War Two explosive find by a busy stretch of the M6 motorway prompted the road to be closed leading to huge tailbacks. The M6 motorway was closed at around 2pm after the discovering of a WW2 shell in Chillinghome Road, in Hodge Hill[1]…
Parts of the M6 and M42 northbound will be closed this week due to overnight HS2 works. The M6 will be shut from today (June 14) until Monday (June 19) between Junction 4 for Coleshill and Junction 4A for Water Orton, BirminghamLive reports.[1][2][3]
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Sections of the M6 and M42[1] northbound routes will be closed for six days this month due to overnight HS2 works. The M6 will be shut between J4 (Coleshill) and J4A (Water Orton) from June 14-19.
The northbound carriageway will be closed between 9pm a…
Several fire crews were called to tackle a blaze at a parade of derelict shops on the outskirts of Coventry[1]. Warwickshire[2] Fire and Rescue Service said it dispatched ‘a number of appliances’ from across the county and Coventry after smoke was seen…