News on HS2 in Solihull

Find out what we are doing in the Interchange area in 2020 by reading our most recent HS2 Update newsletter .

So far this year, we’ve completed most of our utility diversions on and around Northway Island, and carried out various surveys and vegetation clearance. We also safely installed our first of four new highways bridges , in the Interchange area, over the M42. To take traffic over the future railway route, we are continuing to construct two bridges on HS2 land surrounded by the A452, A45 and M42. No traffic measures are required to complete these bridges.

Our final bridge will be installed over the A446 in October 2020. We will close sections of the A452 and A446 in the Interchange area for one weekend to install the bridge deck over the A446. More information on this closure is available within the newsletter and from our Interchange area highways webpage .

From October to December 2020, we will continue to carry out works and traffic measures on and around Northway Island, including Northway and on the B4438, A452, A446 and M42. Most of our traffic measures will be located on Northway, where we are developing new pedestrian footpaths, kerb lines and central reservations, although varying stretches of the road network will be affected at different times until the end of the year.

We advise subscribing for news updates about works and traffic measures in the Interchange area at www.hs2insolihull.co.uk .

If you have a question about HS2 or our works, please contact our HS2 Helpdesk team on 08081 434 434 or email hs2enquiries@hs2.org.uk .