Borrow Pits CREWE Connection with Proposed Phase 2B Route

Phase 2a - Opening Statement James Strachan QC

P1 (1) HOL/10002/0002 The HS2 network

P1 (2) HOL/10002/0003 Fastest typical journey times

P1 (3) HOL/10002/0004 Proposed scheme CREWE Connection with proposed Phase 2b route

STOKE-ON-TRENT

STAFFORD

RUGELEY

FRADLEY Connection with Phase One route

P1 (4) HOL/10002/0005 Key features CREWE Connection with proposed Phase 2b route

Crewe Station

Crewe South Connection

Madeley tunnel

River Lea viaduct

Whitmore Heath tunnel

Stone IMB-R

Ingestre Park Golf Club Parkgate substation

Hopton village

Great Haywood viaduct River Trent viaduct Newlands Lane ATFS Kings Bromley viaduct

Handsacre connection FRADLEY Connection with Phase One route

P1 (5) HOL/10002/0006 Construction traffic routes

P1 (6) HOL/10002/0007 Stone Railhead (CT-05)

P1 (7) HOL/10002/0008 Borrow Pits CREWE Connection with proposed Phase 2b route

6 STOKE-ON-TRENT

Phase 2a Route

1 King’s Bromley South

STAFFORD 2 King’s Bromley North (A515)

King’s Bromley North (Shaw Lane) 3 RUGELEY 4 3 2 4 Blithbury 1 FRADLEY 5 West of Netherset Hey Farmhouse Connection with Phase One route

6 North of Checkley Lane

P1 (8) HOL/10002/0009 P1 (9) HOL/10002/0010 Local Placement areas CREWE Phase 2a Route Connection with proposed Phase 2b route

1 South of Pipeware embankment 14 South East of Newlands Lane ATFS 13 2 12 STOKE-ON-TRENT 3 South of Moreton South embankment

4 South of Moreton cutting 11 5 North of Moreton cutting 10 9 6 South of Brancote North cutting

North of Marston North embankment 7 8 8 South of Yarlet embankment 7

9 North of Swynnerton North cutting 6 STAFFORD 5 4 North and South of Hatton South cuttings 3 10 2 11 North of Whitmore South cutting RUGELEY 1 12 South West of Blakehall cutting FRADLEY Connection with Phase One route 13 North and South of Chorlton Footpath 3 14 East of Casey Lane diversion

P1 (10) HOL/10002/0011 Local Placement area south of Moreton South Local Placement area embankment

P1 (11) HOL/10002/0012 P1 (12) HOL/10002/0013 Extract from Guide for Farmers and Growers Paragraph 2.1.5

P1 (13) HOL/10002/0014 Phase 2a Community Areas Connection with proposed Phase 2b route Connection with West Coast Main Line (WCML)

1 Fradley to Colton 2 Colwich to Yarlet 3 Stone and Swynnerton 4 Whitmore Heath to Madeley Connection with Phase One route 5 South Cheshire HS2 Phase One

P1 (14) HOL/10002/0015 Fradley to Colton (CA1) Grid Connection

Moreton Brook Viaduct

BLITHBURY Newlands Lane ATFS

Cutting River Trent Kings Bromley Embankment Viaduct Viaduct Viaduct Community Area Boundary Handsacre Local Placement Connection Borrow Pits Petition Locations (Individual) Hybrid Bill Limits

P1 (15) HOL/10002/0016 Kings Bromley Viaduct River Trent Viaduct Up to 14m high and 1.9km long and River Trent Viaduct Crosses A513 Rugeley Road and Pipe Lane. Provides access to agricultural land underneath.

Kings Bromley Viaduct Up to 13.7m high and 980m long Crosses Bourne Brook, A515 Lichfield Road and Shaw Lane. Provides access to agricultural land underneath.

Embankment Viaduct Borrow Pits Petition Locations (Individual) Hybrid Bill Limits

P1 (16) HOL/10002/0017 Grid Connection

Grid Connection

Cutting Newlands Lane ATFS Embankment Viaduct Community Area Boundary Local Placement Borrow Pits Petition Locations (Individual) Hybrid Bill Limits

P1 (17) HOL/10002/0018 Handsacre Connection

Handsacre Connection

Embankment Viaduct Borrow Pits Petition Locations (Individual) Hybrid Bill Limits

P1 (18) HOL/10002/0019 P1 (19) HOL/10002/0020 Borrow Pits (CA1)

BLITHBURY

Cutting Embankment 4 Viaduct Community Area Boundary

1 King’s Bromley South 3 2

2 King’s Bromley North (A515) 3 King’s Bromley North (Shaw Lane) 1

4 Blithbury

Hybrid Bill Limits

P1 (20) HOL/10002/0021 Colwich to Yarlet (CA2)

YARLET

MARSTON Hopton Staffordshire Showground Great Haywood Viaduct

STAFFORD Ingestre Park Cutting Golf Course

Embankment Mayfield Viaduct Children’s Home Community Area Boundary Local Placement Petition Locations (Individual) Hybrid Bill Limits

P1 (21) HOL/10002/0022 Mayfield Mayfield Children’s Home Children’s Home

Cutting Embankment Proposed site Viaduct Community Area Boundary Local Placement Petition Locations (Individual) Hybrid Bill Limits

P1 (22) HOL/10002/0023 Colwich to Yarlet (CA2)

YARLET

MARSTON Hopton Staffordshire Showground Great Haywood Viaduct

STAFFORD Ingestre Park Cutting Golf Course

Embankment Mayfield Viaduct Children’s Home Community Area Boundary Local Placement Petition Locations (Individual) Hybrid Bill Limits

P1 (23) HOL/10002/0024 Great Haywood Viaduct

P1 (24) HOL/10002/0025 Colwich to Yarlet (CA2)

YARLET

MARSTON Hopton Staffordshire Showground Great Haywood Viaduct

STAFFORD Ingestre Park Cutting Golf Course

Embankment Mayfield Viaduct Children’s Home Community Area Boundary Local Placement Petition Locations (Individual) Hybrid Bill Limits

P1 (25) HOL/10002/0026 Ingestre Park Golf Club AP2 Additional land

Bill reconfiguration scheme – indicative layout AP2 additional land

P1 (26) HOL/10002/0027 Colwich to Yarlet (CA2)

YARLET

MARSTON Hopton Staffordshire Showground Great Haywood Viaduct

STAFFORD Ingestre Park Cutting Golf Course

Embankment Mayfield Viaduct Children’s Home Community Area Boundary Local Placement Petition Locations (Individual) Hybrid Bill Limits

P1 (27) HOL/10002/0028 Hopton Village

P1 (28) HOL/10002/0029 Colwich to Yarlet (CA2)

YARLET

MARSTON Hopton Staffordshire Showground Great Haywood Viaduct

STAFFORD Ingestre Park Cutting Golf Course

Embankment Mayfield Viaduct Children’s Home Community Area Boundary Local Placement Petition Locations (Individual) Hybrid Bill Limits

P1 (29) HOL/10002/0030 Stone and Swynnerton (CA3)

A51

Stone Infrastructure Maintenance Base-Rail

YARNFIELD LANE Cutting Embankment

Viaduct NORTON BRIDGE TO STONE RAILWAY Community Area Boundary Local Placement M6 Petition Locations (Individual) Hybrid Bill Limits

P1 (30) HOL/10002/0031 Stone Infrastructure Maintenance Base- Rail (CT-06)

P1 (31) HOL/10002/0032 Stone Infrastructure Maintenance Base- Rail (Aerial View)

P1 (32) HOL/10002/0033 Whitmore Heath to WEST COAST Madeley (CA4) MAIN LINE

Madeley Tunnel Borrow Pit 5

STONE TO MARKET DRAYTON RAILWAY A53

River Lea Bored Tunnel Viaduct Whitmore Heath Cutting Tunnel Embankment WEST COAST Viaduct MAIN LINE Community Area Boundary Local Placement Borrow Pits Petition Locations (Individual) Hybrid Bill Limits

P1 (33) HOL/10002/0034 Whitmore Heath Tunnel

WHITMORE HEATH POROUS TUNNEL PORTAL

POROUS PORTAL

P1 (34) HOL/10002/0035 Whitmore Heath to WEST COAST Madeley (CA4) MAIN LINE

Madeley Tunnel Borrow Pit 5

STONE TO MARKET DRAYTON RAILWAY A53

P1 (35) HOL/10002/0036 Madeley Tunnel

MADELEY TUNNEL

POROUS PORTAL

P1 (36) HOL/10002/0037 Whitmore Heath to WEST COAST Madeley (CA4) MAIN LINE

Madeley Tunnel Borrow Pit 5

STONE TO MARKET DRAYTON RAILWAY A53

P1 (37) HOL/10002/0038 Borrow Pit 5 (West of Netherset Hay Farmhouse)

Cutting Embankment Viaduct 5 West of Netherset Hey Farmhouse Petition Locations (Individual) Hybrid Bill Limits

P1 (38) HOL/10002/0039 South Cheshire (CA5) CREWE

At Grade Tunnel Portal Cutting WEST COAST Embankment MAIN LINE Viaduct Community Area Boundary Borrow Pit 6 Local Placement Borrow Pits Petition Locations (Individual) Hybrid Bill Limits

P1 (39) HOL/10002/0040 P1 (40) HOL/10002/0041 P1 (41) HOL/10002/0042 P1 (42) HOL/10002/0043 Extract from Information Paper C3: Land Acquisition Policy Paragraph 3.3

P1 (43) HOL/10002/0044 P1 (44) HOL/10002/0045 P1 (45) HOL/10002/0046 HS2 Property Schemes

P1 (46) HOL/10002/0047 The mitigation hierarchy

P1 (47) HOL/10002/0048 P1 (48) HOL/10002/0049 P1 (49) HOL/10002/0050 P1 (50) HOL/10002/0051 P1 (51) HOL/10002/0052