Major green milestone for HS2 as project announces first diesel-free

HS2 Ltd, the company building Britain’s new high-speed, low-carbon railway, has announced its first completely diesel-free site is the Canterbury Road Vent Shaft site in South Kilburn, where HS2’s civils contractor Skanska Costain STRABAG joint venture (SCS JV) has introduced a range of diesel-free technologies and greener equipment.

Major green milestone for HS2 as project announces first diesel-free construction site: HS2 minister Andrew Stephenson and SCS electric crane operator Leon Sobers

17 May 2022
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Earlier this year, HS2 announced that the project aims to be net-zero carbon from 2035, with the target of achieving its first diesel-free construction site in 2022, and all of its construction sites

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