In depth look at HS2’s completed A452 Kenilworth Road Bridge

[@VictorHHH7]

I look forward to the HS2 updates, we should have several large infrastructure projects being built at all times to ensure the construction teams are able to work their whole career in the UK, unfortunately we have governments with short term objectives that look no further than 4 years into the future, I’m grateful for the hs2 team for their contribution to our countries success

[@TrevorWilliams-fq8mg]

The construction industry is currently experiencing overload with HS2 ongoing, the New Hospital Programme which is set to start delivering 40 new hospitals over the next 10 years, 1.50 million new homes , Hinckley Point Power Ststion and Ed Millibnds national wind farm project. Then there's inner city regeneration projects and northern railway links plus the possibility of the Lower Thames Tunnel. It's a good time to work in the industry as that lot will be a 15 to 20 year workload. But given supply chain manufacturing capacity the downside will be general labour and material shortages which will fuel rising prices which will impact on government finances.

[@VictorHHH7]

@ i hope you’re right, I thought a few of them projects were recently cancelled or delayed by the labour government , like the new hospitals and the lower Thames tunnel. The northern railway links is about 15 years from starting, at least they have agreed the Old Oak Common to Euston connection. The wind farms are a gift from the tax payer have you seen the deals they got at the recent auction, Orsted the Danish energy giant should do very nicely

[@VictorHHH7]

Cross rail 2 was going to go ahead right up until construction was about to get scheduled then it was cancelled, I get more excited now when the construction is underway, politicians talk big but they’re just blowhards looking for sound bites

[@TrevorWilliams-fq8mg]

Yes I take your point. Rachel Reeves is all talk, as you say and I don't believe she has a clue as to what that lot will cost. The New Hospital Programne is currently under a review to establish whether or not the hospitals in the programme offer value for money. And while Angela Rayner reckons 1.50 million. New homes will be built by 2029 they clearly won't be by that date. With HS2 set to cost 100 billion plus , Hinckley Point another 10 billion on top of what it has already been budgeted for, the windfarms set to cost 150 billion and the New Hospital Programme 35 billion us taxpayers are going to be paying high taxes for a long time . The solution might be bring back PFI but that will carry costs too.

[@Samuel_J1]

I drove past this site several times last year and wondered what was going on. I had no idea at the time that it was for a road realignment and thought the railway was going over the road. Nice to see the completed bridge and it'll be great to watch the progress of the realignment in the coming months.

[@willhemmings]

I remember the day I arrived at that location, during my walk along the entire route London to Birmingham, in the late summer of 2018. There was a bull keeping guard over his herd of cows and calves, tail swishing away flies, in a meadow with gnarled trees, a lane bordered by neat metal railings close by, off to the right a tractor in a dry field, kicking out a cloud of dust, the A452 - just another dual carriageway, then a field upon a rise with sheep down to a tranquil pond, across a hedge of antiquity, overlooked by a windsock fluttering in the breeze, close by a flying club in a huge field with one magnificent tree. Oh the simple quietness of Warwickshire. How lovely, how serene, how glorious the memory that nobody can remove

[@mikehindson-evans159]

Excellent progress - nice to have a clear-spoken English commentator explaining the history and the progress; nice to see the earlier timelapse images from during the build. Thanks for posting.

[@denverread2221]

I can’t wait for it to be done it’s just like the m40 we all disagreed with it but we all use it now

[@shaunwest3612]

Incredible work and engineering 👍👌

[@TheJamster1234567]

Keep it going boys

[@sebastianmeri5213]

Why dont you restart phase 2a

[@jermainetrainallen6416]

Tell that to the government. However, an 'alternative' line that would use the same route has been proposed by the mayors of Greater Manchester and the West Midlands

[@sebastianmeri5213]

@@jermainetrainallen6416 nonsense in mu opinionthey have to go on with phase 2 a

[@tomwatts703]

@@jermainetrainallen6416 Phase 2a has royal assent and is ready to go at any time. The alternative line would need a further few years of planning and approval, to deliver a line with lower capabilities than the original 2a design.

[@jermainetrainallen6416]

@@tomwatts703 True. I agree that phase 2a should be built as originally planned. However, I heard that the alternative line might use the parliamentary powers for phase 2a. Might be wrong though

[@DavidKnowles0]

@@jermainetrainallen6416 It using the same route, so I don't see why that can't be the case. Just cheaper construction methods.

[@martinajuvara6622]

Great to see the progress. But no mention of the cycling provision. A pity! The future A452 can be better than the present.

[@johnhaynes710]

Thanks for the voiceover instead of just txt

[@nicolasblume1046]

Why is the road being diverted? They could have kept the alignment and just built the bridge at point where HS2 crosses under the current road

[@Frankie789]

But that would make it a lot harder to build !

[@fadedspace]

Because they don't want to have the road shut during works. That would warrant a long term diversion, this means they can construct a replacement and open it same day the current one closes. No disruption

[@nicolasblume1046]

@@fadedspace in the netherlands it's the standard to build the underpass next to the road and move it to the designed location in a very short closure (usually in one weekend). This way it's much better for the environment, because you can keep the old alignment and still only have a short closure

[@siphotheguy1870]

My dog is a yuppy. Whenever I take him to the park the first thing he asks other dogs is "What's your kenilworth?" Yuppy Puppy.

[@ephphatha230]

Is it true HS2 used the same contractor that built the face on Mars?

[@barrypickles6546]

Yep, at the same rate too!

[@PeterUn-h1i]

With luck a train might run on it in ten years time. Taken long time to build this I drive past it twice a day

[@fndjfgsdk]

Why do you install those rubbish parapets? I want to see the trains!

[@philipareed]

*aitch

[@cannadineboxill-harris2983]

Hi there my real Name is Mr Cannadine T. Boxill-Harris, I have another interesting idea for most of us Class 507, Class 508, Class 313, and Class 314 and that also includes those interesting Class 315 Very Very Loud 7 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Train fans out there, rather than scrapping most of those Class 507, Class 508, Class 313's Class 314 including the Class 315's maybe you guys can convert them. Including rebuilding most of the brand new refurbishment into the Volvo TD102KF Engine, Gardner 6LXCT Engine, Leyland TL11 Engine, Volvo B10M Engine, Scania N112 Engine, Leyland 510 Engine, Gardner 6LXB Engine, Gardner LG1200 Engine, Gardner 8LXB Engine, Class 507’s Class 313's, Class 314's and the Class 315's with a Very Very Loud 7 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearboxes and converting and that will also be including building most of them into a Two Carriages and Three Carriages per units of the Class 507’s Class 313’s, Class 508’s Class 314's and that is including those Class 315 Very Very Loud 7 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission for all of us Class 314 and Class 315 Diesel Train fans out there PLEASE. Are you still going to do this interesting type of Project? Class 507, Class 313, and Class 314 will be rebuilding the brand new Class 315 Diesel Train fans out there Pretty Please?

[@marktucker208]

Yeah how much did it cost? Who got rich from it...

[@jasonantigua6825]

It only cost 100 billion trillion! Absolute bargain!

[@MaxSnowDude]

$100 B but will generate wayyy more

[@Joe90V]

@@MaxSnowDude … for private equity and foreign investors. (You missed that bit out)

[@MaxSnowDude]

@@Joe90V real wages will rise and travel will be cheaper. Only rich people own cars

[@jablot5054]

​@@MaxSnowDudeonly rich people can afford a train ticket. It costs me three days wages to go 120 miles on a train verses half a day in the car.

[@MaxSnowDude]

@@jablot5054 no it doesnt dolt. Add up the entire car cost+gas+insurance+maintenance+car tax+highway taxes and compare that to buying a ticket 5 days a week. Owning a car is more expensive

[@beckham417]

Doesn't help the north though does it?!

[@fndjfgsdk]

Nope, it actively harms the north if completed to current plans. It would help if the Government weren't total fucktrumpets and completed the original design of course...

[@jablot5054]

North London

[@jablot5054]

We could have paid the pension heating allowance for the next 30 years instead.

[@secretsquirrel6124]

Well i suppose it's a good thing if you want to go from Birmingham to London or London to Birmingham, but let's be honest who would ,two of the most terrible places in England

[@techno46357]

If you take out London, England is basically a third world country.

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

So what is a better place then, you sound a bit kjealouse of the where HS2 is going, plus it wll get to Manchester

[@Joe90V]

The route to failure. Btw, missed the road.

[@lawrenceking4433]

Complete joke of a project

[@buffplums]

I am a big fan of railways and believe that we should be building them but this has just got out of hand… trouble is it was political from the start and it stinks of politics and all of the politicians and their mates have all dipped their fingers in the honey pot which is why it has been so expensive

[@paulburton9386]

Exactly. Just think of all the smaller rail projects that could have be built for the same money!

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

Why has it become expensive, a simple answer is people like you keep asking for expensive public enquiries and stupid UK governments dithering over things all the while instead of just doing it, the answer the cost of matereals going up all the while.

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

@@paulburton9386 Because smaller rail projects arn't required other wise they would of been dealt with before

[@CRIMSONANT1]

​@@peterwilliamallen1063.. *AREN'T .. not "arn't". *OTHERWISE .. not "other wise". *HAVE .. not "of". 😉

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

@@CRIMSONANT1 My Man, god you again it seems you have shut up about your pet White Elephant because you can not find anything constructive to write about HS2 from your dingy back bedroom with your cheese and onion crisps and Newcastle Brown Ale 🐘😆😆. Man I could not care too hoots about a few spelling mistakes as others are worse than me on you tube comments, just get things right about HS2 and it's magnificent construction going on

[@alecjefferson6993]

Complete WASTE OF MONEY 🤬🤬⛽️🇬🇧

[@TalesOfWar]

It is in its current watered down form. If they built the whole thing as originally planned then it would pay for itself in around a decade directly, and add around £100billion to the wider economy indirectly by virtue of increasing capacity across the entire English train network. For a piece for infrastructure that is designed to be in use for the next 120 years that's a very small investment. Just look how long such investments by the Victorians have lasted and still continue to benefit us like practically all rail infrastructure outside of London.

[@grahamthomas6381]

Yet another complete and utter waste of time and money. A totally unaffordable, unneeded and unwanted calamity.

[@TalesOfWar]

And what would the alternative be, oh sage?

[@grahamthomas6381]

@@TalesOfWar to save billions. Simple really.

[@TalesOfWar]

@@grahamthomas6381 And then have an over subscribed rail network that we then have to spend orders of magnitude more upgrading to meet demand? Yeah, sounds smart. Save pennies to waste pounds.

[@grahamthomas6381]

@@TalesOfWar sounds like a Labour plan. Whatever, the billions saved would be much bettef than raping yhe country for this HS2 abortion.

[@techno46357]

Completely agree, just look at the Victorian railway, it has been a complete waste of money and hasn't benefited the economy over the couple hundred years.