Have you got any footage of the new road and motorway junction at Catherine De Barnes that you could share? Would be interested to see what progress looks like now.

All impressive civils but the cost on generations to come is incomprehensibly expensive. I dont believe a word of the cost vs benefit feasibility study that mustve gone inro this mammoth exercise........it wont be 225mph either.

I almost didn't recognise it, but a stream here, a prominent building there and the curve of a motorway slip road brought it all back to my experience in September 2018 when I walked that section of the route. I saw a homely farm, some creaky ancient barns on the opposite side of the road, dips and bumps of a moat, mature trees, a rise to a long driveway, a stack of black shrink wrapped bales, down to a river with willow trees and up the other side by a stand of pines in a field; and there a sight to behold in the early autumn sun - the spindly branches of a once great tree dead as dead could be, positioned directly in front of a similar tree, alive as alive could be, the two as one, singular and magnificent; all completely gone

Nothing but a monstrous blot on the landscape & a complete & utter waste of billions of pounds. HS2 is an environmental disaster of epic proportions & Britain's biggest infrastructure mistake in half a century.

Thanks mate

another good video of this area _ I drive past this area regularly _ really starting to see a lot of progress _ it's going to look very different later _ as the works by Coleshill Manor & M42 viaduct crossing towards Gilson take shape _ see where those steel sections get assembled really enjoying your coverage of this area _ it doesn't get the footage compared to Hams Hall 👏

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This is amazing quality. Thank you for sharing. What model drone did you use? I want one. Thanks again.

Nothing but a monstrous blot on the landscape & a complete & utter waste of billions of pounds. HS2 is an environmental disaster of epic proportions & Britain's biggest infrastructure mistake in half a century.

Utterly criminal destruction of our landscape by a totally corrupt project.

Fascinating - and difficult to see when passing on the M42. Thanks for the documentary.

Thanks for this - it is the first video of this section I have seen for a while. The progress is really interesting. The earlier road realignments and landscaping are all blending in well. As others have said this is going to be a very important section forming the interchange to Birmingham Airport.

I walked this in August 2018. There was machinery, conveyors and crushers rusting at the southern end, an abandoned railway, a stream among trees, up a hill into a big field with pylons and a mast. In the corner along a pretty lane, the entrance to a dirt bike track. The land dropped through scrub, passed a deserted farm, more pylons, then in the corner on the diagonal, the route met a flyover roundabout across the M42. How strange, it's not quite all gone. The stream is there, but the trees are not, the pylons are there, but the mast is not, the lane is there, so is the entrance to the dirt bike track, but the huts have gone. The deserted farm and the M42 are there, but the roundabout that spanned it has completely disappeared

Nothing but a monstrous blot on the landscape & a complete & utter waste of billions of pounds. HS2 is an environmental disaster of epic proportions & Britain's biggest infrastructure mistake in half a century.

First flying south, then turning round to give a view towards the M6 - fascinating to see the new railway formation emerging, threading through the built-up areas and swapping roads around as the shape of the post-construction sites steadily emerges. Great to see at 3:35 how the line will fly over the new box above the M42. Also the greenery is reasserting itself where construction has finished. Thanks for the video.

I think this is the first time that I've seen footage of what will become Interchange Station _ main build contract is yet to start but enabling work is still going on _ pilling rig & crane by M42 for bridge over M42 _ it's closed there next weekend (1_4 November)_ listed as work to facilitate peir construction as hs2 heads towards Deelta junction _ going to be a big development once Arden Cross masterplan begins on that area _ liked that video👏 look forward to your next installment

how do you deal with the helipad there , which fly along the thames, do you not cross the river for that reason Also you where flying right near the US embassy 9:40 the square building with the moat and MI6 4:01

Thanks, I work on this site everyday , this is the first drone video I've seen that covers it. The b4114 will be restored to its original position. Manor drive will be permanently moved to that new road next to the embankment and the river cole has been redirected between the piers next to the m42, all to allow for the embankment towards gilson. Big stuff!

Nice! So many new clusters of buildings :)

epic video, I love London and this video has given me a good idea of how the building boom is going

Bit of a hidden gem here. I lived in Brum for 10 years and never went there - definitely a place that could be marketed and promoted so much better!

Thanks for this update! Looks like a really large and complex site - construction is now at a stage where I can work out what is going on - I think!

I use that route everyday on my way to work in Coleshill, went to see the big lift they did yesterday morning, really impressive stuff

a section not covered much _ from the B4114 towards M42/M6 South sliproad @ J7 & back towards Coleshill Manor _ B4114 closed this weekend for works _ deck beams across this road _ can see 1 already lifted into place _ interesting footage

St Andrews looks amazing frpm a great height

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No way without some compulsory purchase permits are we getting a new stadium on this plot......

Nice video - many thanks!