HS2 has revealed new designs for the green tunnel at Burton Green and Kenilworth Greenway in Warwickshire.

To construct the green tunnel, a cutting is created along the line of the existing Kenilworth Greenway, with a tunnel ‘box’ including a roof constructed within it. The cutting is then back filled with soils as the basis for recreating the landscape and ecological mitigation concealing the tunnel and establishing the landscape legacy for Burton Green.

Since receiving community feedback in November 2019, HS2’s contractor Balfour Beatty VINCI has been working with the local authorities to develop the detailed design of the HS2 route through Burton Green.

The railway is to travel through the area in a 400-metre green tunnel, providing an opportunity to create an extensive new landscape over and around the tunnel.

In addition, a key feature for this area is the realignment of the Kenilworth Greenway, which provides a link from Burton Green to Kenilworth and Berkswell for walkers, cyclists and horse-riders.