Leader of the Council calls out HS2 Limited’s attempts to keep local residents informed
proposals to Parliament. Faced with the delivery phase of this unwanted project, the least we should expect is considerate, well communicated implementation. However, despite the assurances from HS2 that they will be a “good neighbour” we are not currently experiencing that. Instead HS2 issues are diverting tax-payers’ resources away from
Petition to hold a Public Vote on HS2
A Petition has been set up calling for the Government to told a Public Vote as to whether to continue with HS2. See link here.
Family on Bottom House Farm Lane ‘exhausted’ after months of HS2 hell
HS2 do it again. Life is hell, if you live where they are building the access road to the Chalfont St Giles Vent Shaft! See our HS2 Photo Diary of before and current images.
Denham Country Park Water Voles and HS2
HS2 Ltd continue to endanger wildlife. This time water voles in Denham Country Park. Denham Country Park Water Voles Update 10.11.20 Water Vole-wildlife crimes – Denham Country Park, Bucks
Barbastelle bats at Jones Hill Wood
HS2 are starting work on taking down trees in Jones Hill Wood. Barbastelle bats have been identified as roosting there. These are a very rare protected species of bat, hence the headline in The Guardian. Read the article in The Guardian online
Amersham Vent Shaft Consultation
HS2 have launched a consultation seeking views on their proposed design for the Amersham Vent Shaft, to be constructed beside the A404 at the junction with Whielden Lane. At some point it has been transformed from a boring Green box into a ‘Key Design Element’, and will be a landmark
Is the HS2 twin-bore Chiltern Tunnel Design Safe?
The Society has written to Andrew Stephenson MP, Minister for HS2 asking for confirmation that the Chiltern Tunnel design will meet the Operational Safety Requirements. We have engaged with HS2 Ltd over the past 10 years to establish whether the current Chiltern Tunnel Design is safe. We have asked a
HS2 archaeologists uncover Iron Age murder mystery and Stonehenge-style monument at Wellwick Farm
Archaeologists working on the HS2 project in Buckinghamshire have made an eerie discovery, unearthing a skeleton believed to be a murder victim from the Iron Age. Other discoveries at the Wellwick Farm site near Wendover span over 4,000 years of human history, and include a circular timber monument resembling Stonehenge.
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