>>quink+0n
To this point; if you look at google maps satellite view and zoom in/out repeatedly over the UK the yellow line 'road' that doesn't disappear and reload is the construction site of HS2.

If you want confirmation, the easiest bits to "check" are Aylesbury and Coventry. London and Birmingham are too big for the features to stand out.

Here is the official HS2 map: https://www.hs2.org.uk/map/?mapView=9_52.0744_-1.8347

>>crossr+Fo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_axe

>>globul+DS
Even in the South East, the UK isn’t that densely populated — apparently golf courses take up more space than housing (excluding roads)

HS2 benefits pretty my everyone along it’s route path through increases local services as capacity is released from the current lines

Midland Connect have a good overview of what it enables them to do – https://www.midlandsconnect.uk/media/1602/hs2-released-capac...

There’s also a document somewhere that covers how HS2 increases short distance services from Euston somewhere

Local rail transport should benefit hugely from HS2

>>pjc50+K61
Or do what the V&A has done in Docklands - make its warehouse available for the public to visit. Pretty cool day out.

https://www.vam.ac.uk/east/storehouse/visit

>>zhivot+Qy
My little village is built on the site of some ancient Japanese village [0] and any construction that involves digging up dirt often also unearths some kind of archaeological find that stops all work for half a year while the archaeologists do their stuff, if they can even be bothered to come.

It’s happened often enough that it’s a wink and a nod that nothing was found. Foremen and anyone ‘in-charge’ will not be on site until any kind of digging is complete.

[0]: https://kanko-omachi.gr.jp/spot/wappara/

>>panick+KT6
This video is interesting on the topic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtVJ7Zjy-DE