Nothing but a monstrous blot on the landscape & a complete & utter waste of billions of pounds.

With the majority of the project cancelled, Leeds, Manchester etc. and even earlier than that, the HS1-HS2 connection and the potential spur to Heathrow, has the budget for the only phase left, Phase 1, been ringfenced? Now we know HS2 will definitely be built between Old Oak Common and Curzon Street, someone in Government must be able to provide definitive numbers as to the cost of OOC to CS. If the billions 'saved' by aborting most of the project are still swilling around in the construction of Phase 1, is it any wonder that nothing much seems to be happening very fast in this area?

You see some inexplicable things on these videos, like the overhead power line centre frame at

As you say Karl, the construction of the Oxford Road diversion is very slow, as is the work onwards towards the Thame Valley Viaduct, the construction of which is going forward at a great pace.

"October". Did they give you that in writing?😃

Thank you Karl!

Great update Karl.

What intrigues me is Japan. They would fly this just over and "minimial envioremtal impact of nature".. and noise. Even on outskirts of a city

Exerlent again great information but it is painfully slow progress