Work restarts after ‘near-miss’ incident pauses work on HS2’s London tunnels sites

By Daniel Gayne2025-10-23T11:10:00

SCS is upskilling local people to join its tunnelling team (1)

Contractor SCS JV has begun phased restart

Work has restarted on some HS2 tunnel sites in London which had been paused after a “near-miss incident” last month.

The incident occurred on 29 September during the disassembly of a gantry crane at the Green Park Way vent shaft in west London.

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