Excellent to watch and it just blows me away, the epic scale of the Civil Engineering and all the people that make it happen. Look forward to updates whenever you can. Worth a sub. Thanks.
And it just blows ME away too .. the epic scale of the money wasted, the widespread corruption & all the HS2 fanboys salivating over a monstrous vanity project that's an environmental disaster of epic proportions & Britain's biggest infrastructure mistake in half a century.
Truly awesome job with the drone videos. I'm ex-Aylesbury & Wendover from 1960's seeing where I used to live being 'processed' for HS2 presents so many conflicting thoughts and emotions. Sincere 'Thank you' for your efforts from across the pond.
Thanks. I know what you mean about seeing certain parts you know so well being trashed. I used to live at Walton Court in Aylesbury so was familiar with the fields between there and Bishopstone. Further along at Wendover the field next to Ellesborough Road that led to Bacombe Lane is an absolute mess now. I never would have thought that such a pristine field would end up looking like that. At Great Missenden I realised that I have walked along the footpath that is now where the North Portal is. It blows the mind.
Great video Karl and thanks for making the effort. When you wrote that it was a bit distressing to see how much has gone what about continuing your filming a few say every 6 month over a 2-3 yr period to show how the surrounding landscape looks after the contractors have moved out and the line has been operational for a couple of years or so. Be interesting to see if everything is back to how it was apart from the railway line. Pls keep filming, really enjoy your videos, Sean
Cheers. As they keep moving the goalposts, it's hard to know when the line will be operational but I will continue to record what's going on. I think this year we will see a lot of structures appearing. I notice that Oxford Road Overbridge is still in the planning stage as the design for the parapets has not been approved yet. Maybe this is why things are taking a lot longer than expected. I thought everything was signed off and ready to go.
Another very interesting video Karl. This recap style makes one realise what has been done over a relatively short time and what a major project this is, and that this is only a very small part. Thank you.
Relatively short time? What a joke! You need to come to Bradnocks Marsh, Solihull to see how laughable that is. Murphy took nearly 3 years to build a simple roundabout. A long awaited haul route was eventually finished 3 years after it was supposed to be completed. This ridiculously, unwanted project is a huge waste of public money. The true cost when this lame duck is finished will easily exceed £100 billion.
@@peterfoster161 I find the negative comments towards HS2 very much like those raised at the time many about motorways being built, they were not wanted by so many people , many of those objecting because amongst other things there would not be a junction near to where they live. HS2 is playing out in a similar way where people won’t have a station to use near where they live. Where would we be today without the motorway network, people just can’t see further than the end of their nose, in say 50 years time many people will be only too glad HS2 was built and it will probably be running to capacity.
@@petee19.. haha, if you're lucky, it may just have opened in 50 years time given the current rate of progress & here's a spoiler alert for you - it will NEVER "run to capacity". HS2 Ltd state that to "break even" with a subsidy of 50/60%, they require 600,000 passengers travelling between London & Birmingham DAILY. Given that passenger numbers on this route have been declining by 4% per year for the last decade & now stand at an average of 96,000 per day, perhaps you could explain where the extra 504,000 are suddenly going to materialise from? HS2 is an environmental disaster of epic proportions & Britain's biggest infrastructure mistake in half a century.
I'm glad you like them. You could buy me a pint, cheers, or alternatively there is the 'thanks' button which is now on every video. People can leave a tip for whichever amount they feel comfortable with.
It's a superb record you have made here at Oxford Road, in Aylesbury. But I can't help feeling great sadness at the loss of this beautiful approach into the town, with the long park wall and stately trees, soon to be crudely interrupted by the deviation of the road over that bridge. And yes I know the answer is obvious - to keep traffic moving, blah blah blah, ad infinitum; and yet, the question nags, where was the sensitivity to the place in the design process? Not here, nor Wormleighton, nor Thorpe Mandeville, nor Cubbington, not anywhere, perhaps besides Burton Green. I am glad to have been at this place one Spring early morning in 2018, to record the dawn chorus in those trees behind the wall, that have now gone
Thanks. Yes, it's a shame they had to do that to Oxford Road. The damage started long before though when Fairford Leys began, with the demolition of Star Lodge to make way for the roundabout at Coldharbour Way. A section of that wall was taken down then, along with the loss of some trees on that side. Here's a thought - I wonder if by having this new diversion, it will reduce the speed of traffic along there? Oxford Road as it is now is dangerous as it encourages cars to go fast along that long straight section.
From the government's website here: www.gov.uk/government/publications/hs2-plan-and-profile-maps-post-house-of-commons-select-committee-2016-country-south
That's a long way off yet. I can't see any of the route that I'm covering that is anywhere near completion. Some of it hasn't even started yet. I will certainly be interested to see how it will all look though.
I think so too. But this is how we build things, it takes forever to build one bridge. When you look at some projects in the EU they build the bridges first then deal with the embankments and cuttings next.
If a bridge goes over a cutting building the bridge first costs a lot more money because the foundation piles are constructed from a higher level and therefore will be deeper to get down to the same foundation level.
Thank you for documenting this Karl, the construction of HS2 will form a significant point in the history of this area.
Excellent to watch and it just blows me away, the epic scale of the Civil Engineering and all the people that make it happen. Look forward to updates whenever you can. Worth a sub. Thanks.
I'm glad you like them :)
And it just blows ME away too .. the epic scale of the money wasted, the widespread corruption & all the HS2 fanboys salivating over a monstrous vanity project that's an environmental disaster of epic proportions & Britain's biggest infrastructure mistake in half a century.
Thank you for documenting this amazing project
Great videos, Karl. Appreciate the view! No good way to see ti from ground level.
Truly awesome job with the drone videos. I'm ex-Aylesbury & Wendover from 1960's seeing where I used to live being 'processed' for HS2 presents so many conflicting thoughts and emotions. Sincere 'Thank you' for your efforts from across the pond.
Thanks. I know what you mean about seeing certain parts you know so well being trashed. I used to live at Walton Court in Aylesbury so was familiar with the fields between there and Bishopstone. Further along at Wendover the field next to Ellesborough Road that led to Bacombe Lane is an absolute mess now. I never would have thought that such a pristine field would end up looking like that. At Great Missenden I realised that I have walked along the footpath that is now where the North Portal is. It blows the mind.
Great video Karl and thanks for making the effort.
When you wrote that it was a bit distressing to see how much has gone what about continuing your filming a few say every 6 month over a 2-3 yr period to show how the surrounding landscape looks after the contractors have moved out and the line has been operational for a couple of years or so. Be interesting to see if everything is back to how it was apart from the railway line.
Pls keep filming, really enjoy your videos,
Sean
Cheers. As they keep moving the goalposts, it's hard to know when the line will be operational but I will continue to record what's going on. I think this year we will see a lot of structures appearing. I notice that Oxford Road Overbridge is still in the planning stage as the design for the parapets has not been approved yet. Maybe this is why things are taking a lot longer than expected. I thought everything was signed off and ready to go.
Another very interesting video Karl. This recap style makes one realise what has been done over a relatively short time and what a major project this is, and that this is only a very small part. Thank you.
Relatively short time? What a joke! You need to come to Bradnocks Marsh, Solihull to see how laughable that is. Murphy took nearly 3 years to build a simple roundabout. A long awaited haul route was eventually finished 3 years after it was supposed to be completed. This ridiculously, unwanted project is a huge waste of public money. The true cost when this lame duck is finished will easily exceed £100 billion.
@@peterfoster161 I find the negative comments towards HS2 very much like those raised at the time many about motorways being built, they were not wanted by so many people , many of those objecting because amongst other things there would not be a junction near to where they live. HS2 is playing out in a similar way where people won’t have a station to use near where they live. Where would we be today without the motorway network, people just can’t see further than the end of their nose, in say 50 years time many people will be only too glad HS2 was built and it will probably be running to capacity.
@@petee19.. haha, if you're lucky, it may just have opened in 50 years time given the current rate of progress & here's a spoiler alert for you - it will NEVER "run to capacity".
HS2 Ltd state that to "break even" with a subsidy of 50/60%, they require 600,000 passengers travelling between London & Birmingham DAILY.
Given that passenger numbers on this route have been declining by 4% per year for the last decade & now stand at an average of 96,000 per day, perhaps you could explain where the extra 504,000 are suddenly going to materialise from?
HS2 is an environmental disaster of epic proportions & Britain's biggest infrastructure mistake in half a century.
Thank you for your videos. All the work is hard to see at ground level.
Can I buy you a pint sometime?
I'm glad you like them. You could buy me a pint, cheers, or alternatively there is the 'thanks' button which is now on every video. People can leave a tip for whichever amount they feel comfortable with.
It's a superb record you have made here at Oxford Road, in Aylesbury. But I can't help feeling great sadness at the loss of this beautiful approach into the town, with the long park wall and stately trees, soon to be crudely interrupted by the deviation of the road over that bridge. And yes I know the answer is obvious - to keep traffic moving, blah blah blah, ad infinitum; and yet, the question nags, where was the sensitivity to the place in the design process? Not here, nor Wormleighton, nor Thorpe Mandeville, nor Cubbington, not anywhere, perhaps besides Burton Green. I am glad to have been at this place one Spring early morning in 2018, to record the dawn chorus in those trees behind the wall, that have now gone
Thanks. Yes, it's a shame they had to do that to Oxford Road. The damage started long before though when Fairford Leys began, with the demolition of Star Lodge to make way for the roundabout at Coldharbour Way. A section of that wall was taken down then, along with the loss of some trees on that side. Here's a thought - I wonder if by having this new diversion, it will reduce the speed of traffic along there? Oxford Road as it is now is dangerous as it encourages cars to go fast along that long straight section.
I hadn't thought about the speed of the traffic down there and I didn't know about Fairford Leys @@KarlVaughan
Hi Karl, where did you find the detail design maps at the beginning? Looked on HS2 official site but ???
From the government's website here:
www.gov.uk/government/publications/hs2-plan-and-profile-maps-post-house-of-commons-select-committee-2016-country-south
Has any part been completed and landscaped to remove scaring of the area
That's a long way off yet. I can't see any of the route that I'm covering that is anywhere near completion. Some of it hasn't even started yet. I will certainly be interested to see how it will all look though.
Progress too slow.
Should look good once much of the habitat is restored though.
I think so too. But this is how we build things, it takes forever to build one bridge. When you look at some projects in the EU they build the bridges first then deal with the embankments and cuttings next.
If a bridge goes over a cutting building the bridge first costs a lot more money because the foundation piles are constructed from a higher level and therefore will be deeper to get down to the same foundation level.
£50 billion and counting.