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The last of 5,020 reinforced concrete segments for a HS2 green tunnel is lifted into position at the site near Chipping Warden in Northamptonshire.

Watch moment last piece of HS2 Northamptonshire green tunnel installed

A361 realigned over the Chipping Warden green tunnel in West Northamptonshire, looking south, October 2025.

Northamptonshire HS2 2.5km ‘green tunnel’ takes major step forward

Watch: HS2 teams move huge box structure into place under A-road

Graham Rait and, inset, the proposed bypass route

Campaigner 'speechless' as Isham bypass project costs balloon to £122.8m

The A509 at Isham will benefit from some HS2 cash. Image: Alison Bagley

A6003, A509 and A6116 will all benefit from £2m Government roads pot

The two viaducts holding HS2 railway tracks 20 metres high over the River Tame and the M42 motorway will be supported by 32 giant piers and run for 700m and is part of HS2’s complex Delta Junction over existing roads and rivers. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

£149m of HS2 cash heading to North Northamptonshire for transport schemes

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is expected to make a major transport announcement on Monday. Images: Google / Getty Images

Millions in HS2 cash for Northamptonshire expected in Government announcement

North Northants Council has announced its biggest investment in highways yet

North Northants Council announces its biggest investment in highways yet

PM Rishi Sunak promised another year of cheap bus fares in Northampton — but operators Stagecoach are only committed to "at least June 2024"

Stagecoach warns PM's pledge on £2 bus fares until end of ’24 not a done deal

Road resurfacing /Dept For Transport

North Northants pothole repair fund given £2.1m 'uplift' from cancelled HS2

Buses queue in Corby. File picture by Alison Bagley

‘Get around for £2’ bus fare cap scheme to be extended

The 1.1mile section is from Overstone Gate to the Sywell/Holcot roundabout on the A43

Mile of A43 dual carriageway given funding after HS2 U-turn

Graham Rait has been campaigning for a bypass for decades.

Government pledges to fund Isham bypass using cash from scrapped HS2 leg

Rishi Sunak has refused to say whether he's axing the HS2 route from Birmingham to Manchester. Credit: Mark Hall/Getty

Breaking Northern leader hits out at PM’s ‘lies’ over rail projects and HS2

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images.

Breaking Betrayal of the North: Boris Johnson hits out at PM on HS2

An aerial view of the groundworks construction of the HS2 high speed rail network progresses around the A38 dual-carriageway near Streethay on January 27, 2023 in Lichfield (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Gravy train: £280 million spent on HS2 consultants in years
It comes as Rishi Sunak remains under pressure to confirm whether the Birmingham to Manchester link of the project will be scrapped
Heather Carrick

According to a leaked photograph, the government is said to be possibly planning on scrapping the Birmingham to Manchester HS2 phase in order to cut down on costs. (Credit: PA)

Breaking Labour mayors join forces to urge Sunak not to scrap HS2 Northern link

The Prime Minister is reportedly "alarmed" by the ballooning costs of the HS2 [project amid rumours that his government may be about to announce that the Northern leg of the line will be scrapped. (Credit: Hollie Adams/PA Wire)

Breaking Rishi Sunak 'alarmed' by costs of HS2 project amid Cabinet split

According to a leaked photograp, the government is said to be possibly planning on scrapping the Birmingham to Manchester HS2 phase in order to cut down on costs. (Credit: PA)

Breaking Rishi Sunak refuses to guarantee HS2 will link Manchester and London

Sinkhole which has opened up above HS2 work in Buckinghamshire

Sinkhole opens up above a tunnel built for the HS2 high rail line

Construction on sections of the HS2 route have been delayed (Photo by Mark Case/Getty Images)

HS2 needs to be completed to transform north of England

An early representation of what the new HS2 trains could look like.

Part of HS2 to be delayed in bid to cut costs

The new fast-track scheme has been extended to include Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire

HS2 launches jobs scheme for unemployed young people in Northants and Bucks

Train passengers trying to get between Northampton and London face disruption on nine out of 17 days from Saturday (August 13)

Northampton trains distrupted on nine days due to strikes and HS2

In the 1870s, Earl Spencer sold some of his land near Althorp House to accommodate a new railway line

DAVID SAINT COLUMN: When railway plans hit the buffers

There will be no trains in or out of Euston for three days over the early May bank holiday

HS2 and East West Rail works means no trains to Euston for all three days over M...

Passenger trains between Old Oak Common in west London and Birmingham Curzon Street are due to start running between 2029 and 2033 (Photo: PA)

The HS2 project has been given approval to begin construction - here’s where wor... Claire Schofield

Where will HS2 serve, and when will the high-speed railway track be operational?

'Modest' schemes win extra funding from cash-strapped Northamptonshire County Co...

Grafton Races and Family Country Day

Races and Fun Day comes to the area

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