Wasn't it possible for the new bridge to be a few meters away, and to use the old bridge for whatever in can support ? Even just pedestrians and bicycles ?
For 320 kph trains over a motorway? Trains stopping takes about 1km for every 85 kph, which means you'd be waiting a while at the level crossing, as if it failed the train would have to stop
Yep they could of used the 80+ billion on our dying NHS and our dying hight streets . All this pointless work so ppl can get to scummy Birmingham 30 minutes faster .
i expect it will take about 3 years to get the box ready, and taking a year just knock it down, is a joke, or are going to prove me wrong ,remember 3years from now at the rate they move
@@MikeWillSee.. HS2 has recently been labelled officially “unachievable” after months of setbacks & delays. Project managers say the high-speed rail link, which has already been beset by delays & soaring costs, is now in further trouble, with the project deemed officially unachievable & given a red rating by experts who believe the project will never be finished. Problems with the first two phases, from London to Birmingham & then to Crewe, “do not appear to be resolvable”, engineers have warned, which placed the entire future of the project into doubt. The government’s infrastructure watchdog, the Infrastructure & Projects Authority (IPA), said that the project is not deliverable in its current form after the group analysed plans for the construction of the first two phases of the high-speed line, from London to Birmingham & then on to Crewe. The IPA reports to the Cabinet Office & the Treasury & its finding will be seized on by campaigners against the project, who have said it is a waste of money and cited wildlife concerns in the past. A “red” rating was assigned to the plans for the construction of the first two phases by the group in its annual report on big projects. This means that “successful delivery of the project appears to be unachievable” in their opinion. The report states: “There are major issues with project definition, schedule, budget, quality and/or benefits delivery, which at this stage do not appear to be manageable or resolvable. The project may need rescoping and/or its overall viability reassessed.” It's nothing more than an environmental disaster of epic proportions & Britains biggest infrastructure mistake in half a century. Anyone with half a brain knows that "pausing" the B'Ham to Crewe line & Euston station for 2 years is just another way of saying "cancelling".
Another excellent, well-planned and on-time delivery of the basic infrastructure. Well-done to all involved.
Such lack of seeing the overall scheme in those earlier commitments- our existing rail system nears the age of
200 years
I hope the tons of concrete is recycled and put to saleable use. And well done giving the contract to local firms.
All going through a crusher on site right now
A great job, well done 👏
Wasn't it possible for the new bridge to be a few meters away, and to use the old bridge for whatever in can support ? Even just pedestrians and bicycles ?
Will u keep the pylons that r next to the M42 also, can u keep the Pylons that cross the M42 near Junction 9?
Could have saved a few quid by installing a level crossing smh my head.
For 320 kph trains over a motorway? Trains stopping takes about 1km for every 85 kph, which means you'd be waiting a while at the level crossing, as if it failed the train would have to stop
@@memediatek Think the previous question was scarastic
Or just have an enclosed railway bridge - they prob value engineered though and this is cheapest
Total waste of taxpayers money.
No cheaper to build it now than in 2050 when its actually needed
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@@jcoul1sc It is actually needed now as the WCML is basically full with no options to increase freight and local services.
Yep they could of used the 80+ billion on our dying NHS and our dying hight streets . All this pointless work so ppl can get to scummy Birmingham 30 minutes faster .
Nothing for the north as usual.
Well done.
It was going to Englands 4th largest city in Sheffield but now they have pulled it
I read somewhere that the whole project was abandoned due to the continued rising costs of it.
Clearly that was a lie.
Not yet
i expect it will take about 3 years to get the box ready, and taking a year just knock it down, is a joke, or are going to prove me wrong ,remember 3years from now at the rate they move
AITCH
when is hs2 estimated to open?
Some time between 2029 and 2033
Thousands of years
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@@MikeWillSee.. HS2 has recently been labelled officially “unachievable” after months of setbacks & delays.
Project managers say the high-speed rail link, which has already been beset by delays & soaring costs, is now in further trouble, with the project deemed officially unachievable & given a red rating by experts who believe the project will never be finished.
Problems with the first two phases, from London to Birmingham & then to Crewe, “do not appear to be resolvable”, engineers have warned, which placed the entire future of the project into doubt.
The government’s infrastructure watchdog, the Infrastructure & Projects Authority (IPA), said that the project is not deliverable in its current form after the group analysed plans for the construction of the first two phases of the high-speed line, from London to Birmingham & then on to Crewe.
The IPA reports to the Cabinet Office & the Treasury & its finding will be seized on by campaigners against the project, who have said it is a waste of money and cited wildlife concerns in the past.
A “red” rating was assigned to the plans for the construction of the first two phases by the group in its annual report on big projects. This means that “successful delivery of the project appears to be unachievable” in their opinion.
The report states: “There are major issues with project definition, schedule, budget, quality and/or benefits delivery, which at this stage do not appear to be manageable or resolvable. The project may need rescoping and/or its overall viability reassessed.”
It's nothing more than an environmental disaster of epic proportions & Britains biggest infrastructure mistake in half a century.
Anyone with half a brain knows that "pausing" the B'Ham to Crewe line & Euston station for 2 years is just another way of saying "cancelling".
All this work for what will eventually become a cycle path when HS2 gets cancelled.
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@@1chish i agree. Those folk who shout by typing in capital letters are the absolute limit 😂
So what makes you think HS2 will be cncelled then
Show us how you’re decimating farm land please.
Annnnd it will all need replacing in 30 years due to poor management
Always one.
Unlikely
Do your crystal balls clank when you walk?
No, 50 years, and due to poor maintenance or lack of money for the maintenance
@@jcoul1scgiven that the UK has a sizeable percentage of the 1860s railway infrastructure still perfectly usable, what are you basing this on?