HS2 Manchester London Southam woods tunnels Fosse way low battery warning massive progress 14-02-25

EKFB regularly carry out safety inspections on and around our sites. Following a recent inspection, we need to remove some vegetation along A425 Leamington Road. Our staff will be working in the carriageway and to complete this work safely, a off-peak one-day road closure is required. A signed diversion will be in place, and the road may be open earlier if the work is complete, and it is safe to do so. When will these works take place? A section of the A425 Leamington Road, Southam near Dallas Burston Polo Club will be closed on Saturday 1 March 2025, from 9am to 3pm. These dates may be subject to change, due to circumstances outside of our control, such as poor weather. This work is subject to local authority consents and approvals. TBM Dorothy is 125 metres long and started her journey at the tunnel’s north portal in December 2021, breaking through into the south portal in July 2022. She was then relaunched in November 2022 and completed her second bore in just four months – making Long Itchington Wood Tunnel the first HS2 twin bore tunnel to be completed. After TBM Dorothy’s first breakthrough in July 2022 the machine was taken apart and brought back to the tunnel’s north portal to start the second drive. The gantries were brought back through the tunnel while the huge cutterhead, weighing 160 tonnes and with a 10-metre diameter, was moved by road during an intricate night-time operation. The 130-tonne tail skin and eight other large pieces from the TBM’s front and middle shields were also transported by specialist equipment. Excavation of the tunnel produced around 500,000 tonnes of mudstone, which is being processed at an on-site slurry treatment plant. From there, it is separated out before being transported by a 254-metre conveyer to be used to build embankments along the route of the railway, removing the equivalent of around 30,000 heavy goods vehicles from local roads, reducing impacts on the local community and cutting carbon. 00:00 Looking northwest over the B4455 Fosse Way 00:16 Offchurch Cutting with Hunningham Road Overbridge in the background 00:20 Offchurch Greenway Green Overbridge coming into view behind the trees 00:30 B4455 Fosse Way Overbridge 00:56 Offchurch Cutting continues 02:08 Welsh Road Underbridge (new road alignment to be opened 23 February 2025, old road was closed 27 January 2025) 02:57 Grand Union Canal Embankment 03:04 Longhole Viaduct 03:22 Ufton Wood Cutting and Long Itchington Wood North Portal in the distance 03:36 Welsh Road Embankment 04:24 Looking northwest at Welsh Road Underbridge 06:07 Offchurch Greenway Green Overbridge (might want to pause here) 06:20 Hunningham Road Overbridge 06:50 Footpath W129y Overbridge 07:07 River Leam Embankment 07:15 River Leam Viaduct 07:54 Lower Grange Embankment 08:03 Cubbington Cutting 08:12 Mill Lane (Footpath W129d) Green Overbridge (site) 08:32 Footpath W130 Overbridge (site) 08:38 B4453 Rugby Road Overbridge 08:58 Cubbington Cutting continues 09:10 Coventry Road Overbridge 09:25 A445 Leicester Lane Overbridge in the distanceMusic by Bensound.com/royalty-free-music Artist: Lunar Years License code: 6RI2UCWN5D9T1YOD A content creater using you tube