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00:00 Looking south towards the River Cole Viaducts with the M42/M6 Toll in the foreground 00:32 M42 Coleshill South Viaduct to the left 01:14 Birmingham Spur Diveunder, we can also see foundations for the New River Cole Overbridge to the right 01:20 Coleshill No. 3 Embankment 01:33 B4114 Birmingham Road Underbridge (I think this is a temporary bridge for the viaduct segments) 01:37 Coleshill East and West Viaducts 02:20 Coleshill No. 2 Embankment 02:35 Looking north now back towards the M42/M6 Toll with the Coleshill Viaducts in the foreground 03:44 Coleshill No. 4 Embankment, River Cole Viaducts on the left 03:54 M42 Coleshill South Viaduct 04:00 M42 Coleshill Box Structure 04:16 M42 Coleshill North Viaduct 04:20 B4117 Gilson Road being realigned to around the Gilson Embankment and between the piers of the M42 Coleshill North Viaduct 04:31 Gilson Road Retaining Wall 04:38 Footpath M62 Overbridge 04:50 Gilson Cutting 05:05 Lichfield Road Embankment 05:13 Chattle Hill Box Structure, piers for the Water Orton Viaducts to the left 05:26 Watton House East and West Viaducts 05:36 (L-R) Piers for the Water Orton No. 2/3 Viaduct (6/7?), Water Orton No. 1 Viaduct (3 regular piers, 3 pairs of piers for the straddle bents), the Watton House Embankment will carry the main line between the straddle bent piers. In the foreground is the abutment where the Watton House Viaducts join the embankment 05:44 River Tame West Viaduct 05:50 (L-R) Piers for the Water Orton No. 2 Viaduct, River Tame West Viaduct (left pier will carry 2 tracks, deck on the right will carry 1), tall piers for the Water Orton No. 1 Viaduct 05:55 I think these are the straddle bents beams on the left here, that will go on the 3 pairs of piers, we can also see a few piers for the River Tame East Viaduct to the right of the other piers 06:04 Curdworth Viaduct and Box Structure, Water Orton No. 1 Viaduct is rising up to its taller piers between the 2 River Tame Viaducts 06:14 Faraday Avenue Embankment North Spur 07:34 Water Orton No. 1 Viaduct on the left and Water Orton No. 3 Viaduct on the right 07:50 M42/M6 Toll 08:05 Marsh Lane Embankment 08:20 M42-M6 Motorway Link East Viaduct in the top left 08:40 Attleboro Flyover 09:04 Attleboro Retaining Walls and Attleboro Lane Overbridge to the top right Birmingham Spur 09:21 Attleboro Farm Embankment 09:32 M42-M6 Motorway Link East and West Viaducts 09:56 Green Lane Embankment 10:23 (L-R) M42 Coleshill Box Structure, M42 Coleshill South Viaduct, River Cole Viaducts 10:56 M42 Coleshill North Viaduct

Thanks for the update. Good to see more progress on the viaducts and overbridges. Keep up the good work👍

I drive through this every day,what a bloody eye sore it is.

Great work nice to see it from above ta

I'm thinking this junction must be the biggest job on the whole railway ! HS2 actually passes over the M42 four times !!!

thanks Paul for keeping us updated. Happy holiday. caroline.

Seeing lots of progress across the entire site.

Great video! (See you again at Christmas 2044...?)

Great vid. Is there much to update around the interchange and the A45? I suppose you might have a problem with the drone, being next to the airport and all that. Washwood heath?

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A fine body or work Sir !

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Some commentary or captions would be useful to explain what we are looking at- this site is so complex! Thanks for the maps though. The bridge erector crane at 10:37 is making great progress too!

This is old footage already posted previously.

HS2 crosses M42 four times !

I'll breathe a sigh of relief once both bridges across the m42 are in place. That will cause a lot of disruption.

No amount of tree planting is going to disguise the scar through Cubbington Wood and the position of the pear tree in that old hedgerow cutting diagonally through the view at 5.00. Not for anyone standing on the overbridges at Offchurch and Rugby Road; and I don't need the sombre music to remind me that the losses to this landscape are permanent and irreplaceable

The trace looking everywhere more defined, and some nice greening up going on.

How anyone can like this waste of land on an island as small as ours is beyond me.

I am concerned to see enormous mountains of earth along the route here. They may be cuttings, but wait a minute, to clear the M42 slip roads by overhead viaduct, the whole section has to be raised above ground. So, not cuttings. They may be embankments, but wait, the plans and sections showed viaducts throughout. So not embankments. But maybe, yes, as a cost saving exercise you see, the viaducts were substituted. Oh I hope not. What an ugly intrusion, removing the through views that the virgin landscape permitted before the works began. And so, by degrees, HS2 looks increasingly like a series of bad planning decisions from the mid twentieth century

Nice work Paul. Congratulations on the 1000 Subs

Excellent idea to put a map at the beginning.

Good footage. It's peak mess and disruption on the ground atm but hopefully there should be significant progress in another 6 to 12 months. Those viaduct machines move pretty well once they get going, as seen in the Colne valley.

Putting the delta junction right on top of the m6 m42 corridor, the busiest area of motorway in the country outside a couple of bits of the m25. They couldn't have caused more inconvenience if they tried. I'm dreading the impact of the motorway closures when they have to span 10 lanes of the m42. I'll be glad when it's done.

Thankyou.

I hate to pint this out Roy but this is not the result, it’s part of the process that’s leads to a result. Stay tuned.

Thanks to Paul for this excellent video. Interesting how the HS2 site is just a mudbath in places but in others you can see the completed formation emerging.

Wow, that was a surprising 180 degree turn and twenty mile jump from Welsh Road to Greatworth! I feel sure that those trees at the edge of Halse Copse on top of the cutting won't be staying, sad to say. We can of course console ourselves that this railway will be an enormous benefit to the region, particularly Thorpe Mandeville! I note the permanent destruction of the watercourse crossed at 9.12. HS2 will have to answer for that

So much devastation for so little result!

Remind me just how wide is the railway?

I have never know so much destruction of the countryside

Great video good drone work .

All well and good but still doesn't get around the existing bottlenecks of Colwich Junction, Shugborough Tunnel and Stafford. Phase 2a is pretty much essential for the full capacity benefits of HS2 to realised. The decision to scrap phase 2a was nothing short of ludicrous as it was by far the easiest section to build with no major topographical challenges to overcome thereby being the cheapest section. Absolutely it has been eye wateringly expensive to build but this is a very long term investment in the country's infrastructure so over its lifespan, both directly and indirectly, it will pay for itself. Of course all alternative suggestions are welcome for scrutiny.

200 years ago, viaducts were considered ugly....now we look at them as things of beauty......this looks lots of hard work and it should have just been built on columns.

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.

00:00 Looking south towards the B4114 Birmingham Road with Manor Drive in the foreground, the realigned Manor Drive can be seen under construction to the right 00:10 Coleshill No. 3 Embankment 00:23 B4114 Birmingham Road Underbridge (I think this is a temporary bridge for the viaduct segments) 00:28 Coleshill East and West Viaducts 01:05 Looking north now towards the M42/M6 Toll with Manor Drive in the foreground, the realigned Manor Drive and foundations for the New River Cole Overridge can be seen under construction to the left 01:10 We are probably seeing piles going in for the Birmingham Spur Diveunder here 01:15 Coleshill No. 4 Embankment, River Cole West Viaduct on the left 01:18 River Cole East Viaduct to the left 01:23 M42 Coleshill South Viaduct 01:30 M42 Coleshill Box Structure 01:45 M42 Coleshill North Viaduct 01:50 B4117 Gilson Road being realigned to around the Gilson Embankment and between the piers of the M42 Coleshill North Viaduct 02:06 Footpath M62 Overbridge 02:20 Gilson Cutting 02:37 Lichfield Road Embankment 02:42 Chattle Hill Box Structure, piers for the Water Orton Viaducts to the left 02:52 Watton House East and West Viaducts 03:03 (L-R) Piers for the Water Orton No. 2/3 Viaduct, Water Orton No. 1 Viaduct (2 regular piers, 3 pairs of piers for the straddle bents), the Watton House Embankment will carry the main line between the straddle bent piers. In the foreground is the abutment where the Watton House Viaducts join the embankment 03:10 Piers for the River Tame West Viaduct 03:17 (L-R) Piers for the Water Orton No. 2 Viaduct, River Tame West Viaduct (left pier will carry 2 tracks, deck on the right will carry 1), tall piers for the Water Orton No. 1 Viaduct 03:22 I think these are the straddle bents beams that will go on the 3 pairs of piers on the left here, we can also see a few piers for the River Tame East Viaduct to the right of the other piers 03:32 Curdworth Viaduct and Box Structure, Water Orton No. 1 Viaduct is rising up to its taller piers between the 2 River Tame Viaducts 03:53 Faraday Avenue Embankment North Spur 05:06 Water Orton No. 1 Viaduct on the left and Water Orton No. 3 Viaduct on the right 05:18 M42/M6 Toll 05:35 Marsh Lane Embankment 05:45 M42-M6 Motorway Link East Viaduct in the top left 06:05 Attleboro Flyover 06:30 Attleboro Retaining Walls and Attleboro Lane Overbridge Birmingham Spur 07:00 Attleboro Farm Embankment 07:16 M42-M6 Motorway Link East and West Viaducts 07:45 Green Lane Embankment 08:10 M42 Coleshill North Viaduct 08:45 Close up of M42-M6 Motorway Link East and West Viaducts 09:38 (L-R) M42 Coleshill Box Structure, M42 Coleshill South Viaduct, River Cole Viaducts

Marvelous!...and not a politician in site!

what I like is seeing the parts that get little coverage _ the area around Coleshill Manor/ Birmingham Rd _ had a bit now but still behind the area from Hams Hall _ although the height of the columns there will be fascinating to see as the segments get added _ good to see around Gilson to _ bit with a lot of work remaining there _ excellent piece 👍 see hs2 are releasing a video of area around A38 crossing @ Litchfield _ think you only RUclipsr that had done footage from there _ see activity on the A5 crossing to _ early works yes _ but work is happening after a break & @ Marston box bridge _ extending at each end _ any plans to refilm around Washwood Heath up to Lawley middleway _ as now Network Rail have just finished track realignments around Dudderstone junction _ nice piece if video 👏

Best Delta Junction video I've seen so far!

what a wast of farm land

What a disgusting and unsightly scar through some beautiful countryside. The gentle accompanying music is a complete juxtaposition to what I see in the video.

Next year as we start to see the sites being tidied up and landscaping start, concrete base for the track installed, it will really start to come together. An we start to see some of that in the last couple of minutes on the video. It really starting to look like we could see trains running on it by 2028, even if the stations aren't ready for passengers.

What an obscene waste of taxpayers money. When/if this is ever finished it'll be ready for the rail museum in York.

What a mess...what a colossal waste of taxpayers money...why are we building it.

All of this footage was posted before on the 10 October 00:00-03:42 River Leam to Cubbington (looking northwest) 00:00 River Leam Viaduct 00:55 Cubbington Retaining Wall 01:23 Mill Lane (Footpath W129d) Green Overbridge 01:46 Footpath W130 Overbridge 02:02 B4453 Rugby Road Overbridge 02:20 Cubbington Cutting 02:50 Coventry Road Overbridge 03:12 A445 Leicester Lane Overbridge 03:43-05:04 Long Itchington Wood to Welsh Road (looking northwest) 03:43 Ufton Wood Cutting going up to the Welsh Road Embankment 04:12 Longhole Viaduct 04:45 Welsh Road Underbridge 05:00 Offchurch Cutting 05:05-06:41 Welsh Road to Long Itchington Wood (looking southeast) 05:05 Welsh Road Underbridge 05:20 Longhole Viaduct 05:50 Ufton Wood Cutting 06:00 Long Itchington Wood North Portal 06:42--8:04 Hunningham Road to B4455 Fosse Way (looking southeast) 06:42 Site of the Footpath W129y Overbridge in the foreground 06:52 Hunningham Road Overbridge 07:05 Offchurch Cutting 07:25 Offchurch Greenway Green Overbridge 07:46 B4455 Fosse Way Overbridge

No cometary, this makes no sense of what or where this is going.

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