HS2 BURTON GREEN TUNNEL 21ST MAY 2024 - REVIST 3 MONTHS LATER - 4K DJI MINI 4 PRO DRONE VIEW.

[@flyeatlove]

Great capture, nice video

[@ianhart3048]

Nice flight! Bet the residents will be happy when all the digging is done! ;-)

[@willhemmings]

Nice coverage. I am not happy about the the way that HS2 has been procured BUT, this is the only condition on the entire route that can be confidently stated to improve the environment through which it passes - a tunnel in place of an abandoned railway cutting with original ground levels reinstated. Pity the environmental goodwill ended at Burton Green and didn't extend in either direction beyond it

[@Whiskey2shots]

Well thats not true now is it. This is far from the only place this sort of thing is happening, and HS2 is currently building new woodlands, meadows and wetlands. Much of the hoo har about the environmental damage is because some people have never seen a building site before and others with agendas like to misrepresent stats like claiming its destroying every woodland within a mile of it which is truly hilarious IMO.

[@willhemmings]

@@Whiskey2shots I don't normally continue a thread but I will on this one. I am not questioning the mitigation efforts that HS2 are implementing, but I strongly believe that the work at Burton Green is the only occurrence of a positive improvement to what was there before. I admit to having thought about the way certain railway environments can positively improve their landscape - an aesthetically dysfunctional character might not perceive Ribblehead Viaduct as a superb landmark, but only time will tell whether the setting of Wendover Viaduct in the Chiltern Hills will achieve the same classic status

[@andrefreitas63]

very nice flight 👍👍

[@buzzindrones]

Cheers brother much appreciated 😎

[@ladyintheskyuk]

Great footage there. 👍 nicely captured 👌

[@buzzindrones]

Thank you my lovely ☺️

[@jesusgjchuza6491]

Nice views

[@buzzindrones]

Thanks Jesus 😎

[@mavicairflyeruk]

Awesome footage mate 👍

[@buzzindrones]

Cheers matey how you doing buddy ?😜

[@mavicairflyeruk]

@@buzzindrones all good thanks Mate Shame this weather has took a turn

[@buzzindrones]

@@mavicairflyeruk good for ducks 🦆 matey 🤣😂🤣

[@droneartmedia]

Great video of the progress of this project. Some of the houses are quite close aren’t they!😉 Nice flight as always mate 👌👍😀

[@buzzindrones]

It is going to be what they call a green tunnel eventually all that you see will be covered in concrete and soil will be put over it and the it will be grassed over so you will only see the entrance and exit for it . These trains will be going at high speed so I feel sorry for the houses right by it because I’m sure there will be vibrations . Thanks buddy for your continued support appreciate your comments.😎

[@peterpowis4145]

Thanks for video! Btw when did the old bridge get demolished?

[@frasermitchell9183]

I have to say I wasn't expecting there to be a retained cutting after the actual tunnel. So I had a look on the Plan and Profile map and sure enough, there it is, but called "Burton Green retaining structure. This is rather more than just a retained cutting with walls either side, because it has beams across the cutting connecting the two walls. Why this has been done, I'm not sure.

[@Whiskey2shots]

As i understand it the particular soil here expands quite heavily due to water so its to keep the walls up, its been done to great success on much of HS1 through london

[@frasermitchell9183]

@@Whiskey2shots Thanks for info

[@TrevorWilliams-fq8mg]

Probably because of economics. To build an unpropped retaining wall would have meant either a different type of wall and a thicker wall. So a cost exercise reveals a propped wall in this situation to be cheaper.