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Thursday, 07 January 2021

Times Online

• HS2: Anger at behaviour of contractors [Subscription]Communities on the route of HS2 are facing “complete chaos” from contractors four months after the formal start of construction, MPs have been told.

Mail Online

• Masked key workers on Underground provide only hustle-and-bustleTransport for London and Network Rail are now urging people to only travel for 'legally permitted reasons' such as work or education, in a toughening of language that previously called for 'essential travel'.

Construction Enquirer

• Former Balfour Beatty Rail boss joins Van ElleGround engineering contractor Van Elle has hired Balfour Beatty’s David Buckley to lead its specialist rail division.

Construction News

• HS2 minister: scrapping project would ‘chill industry’Cancelling HS2 because of the coronavirus pandemic would chill the construction industry, a minister has warned. HS2 minister Andrew Stephenson told a transport committee hearing today that cancellation of the megaproject would cause tens of thousands of jobs to be lost, as well as taxpayer…

New Civil Engineer

• HS2 ‘sheriffs’ to keep contractors in checkHS2 Ltd is to deploy 13 senior leaders along the line’s Phase One route between London and the West Midlands to ensure that its contractors are meeting construction assurances made by the Department for Transport and HS2 Ltd itself.

Railnews

• Open access operators cancel services for third time Open access operators Grand Central and Hull Trains are withdrawing their services from the end of this week in response to the new lockdown in England.

Other News Sources

• South Wales Metro hampered by public disbelief as expert says ‘my mother doesn’t believe it’The South Wales Metro is hampered by public disbelief and cynicism according to a key expert involved in the project. According to Professor Mark Barry, of Cardiff University, the public “doesn’t believe” the huge upgrade to public transport across south-east Wales is actually coming.