Bailiffs abseiling from a crane removed veteran eco-warrior 'Swampy' from a bamboo tower today built to delay construction on HS2. The veteran eco-warrior was led off by police for questioning and it is not yet known whether he faces criminal charges. The two contraptions were transported from Germany to a construction site in Hertfordshire near the M25. To dig the 10-mile burrows - the longest on HS2 - the tunnel boring machines (TBMs) will work non-stop for about three and a half years. HS2's first 558ft-long tunnelling machines have arrived in the UK in more than 1,000 partsThe two contraptions were transported from Germany to a construction site in Hertfordshire near the M25.

Source: Daily Mail December 08, 2020 18:08 UTC