The Align Joint Venture, which consists of three privately-owned infrastructure companies, has been issued a notice to proceed on the second stage of a £1.6 billion ($2 billion) high-speed rail project in the United Kingdom.
According to the Align JV, the C1 route will start about 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) west of central London and run across the Colne Valley and through the Chiltern Hills to the northwest. The phase consists of 21.6 kilometers (13.4 miles) of high-speed rail infrastructure, including a landmark viaduct and twin-bored tunnel.
The joint venture consists of Bouygues Travaux Publics SAS, a subsidiary of Bouygues Construction, Sir Robert McAlpine and VolkerFitzpatrick, a subsidiary of VolkerWessels UK, and its design partners Jacobs Engineering and Ingérop-Rendel. The project was awarded to the consortium in July 2017.
Since then, Align JV has worked in collaboration with HS2, the company responsible for developing the new high-speed rail networ
