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HS2 completes central wall of Wendover green tunnel
HS2's contractor EKFB has completed the central section of the one-mile cut-and-cover green tunnel west of Wendover, with the final wall segment now in place. Work continues on the tunnel portals, internal fit-out and the realignment of Ellesborough Road.
Our readA completed tunnel wall section is a hard structural milestone that outruns HS2's usual run of schedule promises, though the portal works and road realignment still have to follow before the route opens.
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