A truly beautiful project - the railway system needs this route urgently, for many reasons.

If the activity at the Colne Valley viaduct and the West Ruislip tunnel entrance are anything to go by, then you'd hardly know there is a major construction project is underway. The traffic in and out ofthe various sites is rarely seen. The management of this project is superb. Worth every penny.

Another informative update. Thanks Keith!

Excellent. I'm looking forward to hopping on the train at Euston and alighting in Edinburgh three hours later.

I wonder if there was such an outcry when the M40 was built

keith thanking you for this content, my only 2 questions is ,why on earth did the project not start by heathrow airport, i say this as there is a underground rail route that goes straight into the city,such a waste of money trying to start at euston,next question, for me the project should just get on and do the track bed,,the landscaping can be do afterwards and subbed out to ground workers companies,every video i watch nothing is moving along,hence why the job is taking so long to complete

The extending time scale is due to the idocy of this government.

This does seem a bit short-sighted, when the rail line is complete all these construction sites will be landscaped to look just as they did before, if not better. All this "devastation" is temporary. Y'all nimbys arent complaining about the devastation caused by the roads (for example the A413), some of you are even complaining that it will limit the ability to expand the A413, if that awful road got expanded think about the "devastation" that would happen then. I feel that HS2 was marketed so poorly and the braindead nimbyism was so strong that now everyone in those areas are complaining about it without realising the costs they are adding to the project.

Very thorough overview. Agree with you that the Little Dean destruction looks shocking and disturbing. I have greater concern for the landscape losses between Jones Hill Wood and South Heath. Nothing will be able to mitigate that. Terrible to think that a tree some distance from the centre line has to be fought for because it is in the way of an earth bund for goodness sake. An earth bund to protect what, nearby residents from the sound or sight of trains? Well would not the nearby residents prefer the tree instead? Or HS2 dig the formation for the trackbed a few metres lower? HS2 has decided the tree is wrong, so HS2 will contrive a way to be rid of it. Oh I dislike that company intensely

It is quite a disappointment to hear of the many historical sites and areas of legacy Oaks and forest being destroyed as a result of the way plans have been laid for this more than massive project.