{"id":2043,"date":"2019-01-15T00:01:32","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T00:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/?p=2043"},"modified":"2019-01-15T00:01:32","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T00:01:32","slug":"hs2-forces-firms-to-use-least-polluting-trucks-and-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/hs2-forces-firms-to-use-least-polluting-trucks-and-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"HS2 forces firms to use least polluting trucks and plant"},"content":{"rendered":"

HS2 is using its scale as the UK\u2019s biggest infrastructure project to set a fresh benchmark in construction vehicle emission standards.<\/p>\n

All diesel HGVs on the project will need\u00a0to be powered by the cleanest available Euro 6 engines, going beyond current standards.<\/p>\n

Also HS2 is insisting construction equipment used along the route\u2019s entire length meets the EU Stage 3b standard, rising to less-polluting Stage 4 in 2020.<\/p>\n

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In\u00a0the capital\u2019s Congestion Charge Zone, HS2 already demands its contractors comply with Stage 4. This will rise to Stage 5 next year, staying one step ahead of the city\u2019s own emissions standards.<\/p>\n

HS2\u2019s director of environment, Peter Miller, said: “HS2 is more than a railway. We are leading the industry in vehicle emission standards by exceeding London\u2019s construction industry standards and extending them 345 miles across the country.<\/p>\n

“We are determined to use the project\u2019s scale and duration to help cut the release of harmful combustion engine emissions by stipulating contractors building Britain\u2019s new high speed rail network use the cleanest vehicles and machinery available.<\/p>\n

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“By setting new vehicle emission standards for contractors we will contribute to efforts to improve air quality; and leave a legacy of a new fleet of low-emission HGVs and construction equipment to work on future projects.<\/p>\n

“We also hope our rules influence local authorities along the route to follow HS2\u2019s lead and introduce exacting emissions standards in their area, which would benefit huge swathes of the country,” he added.<\/p>\n

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from Construction Enquirer http:\/\/bit.ly\/2SVeLV8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HS2 is using its scale as the UK\u2019s biggest infrastructure project to set a fresh benchmark in construction vehicle emission standards. All diesel HGVs on the project will need\u00a0to be powered by the cleanest available Euro 6 engines, going beyond current standards. Also HS2 is insisting construction equipment used along the route\u2019s entire length meets […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":155,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-2043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-construction-enquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2043"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2044,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2043\/revisions\/2044"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}