HS2 Destroys Quiet Village: Residents Trapped

0:00On April 16, residents in the quiet village of Water Orton in Worcestershire are calling their home destroyed by the massive HS2 rail project. Homeowners say they can't sell their properties because the state agents won't touch them near the huge concrete works for a three and a half mile tunnel. That's still six years from completion. The construction has vibrations shaking houses, cracking walls and tiles, while dust and a rotten egg smell from dug up land cover gardens. The local primary school already relocated for the build is now cutting its capacity as families flee. Locals describe the noise as brutal, louder than bombs and keve for one Ukrainian refugee and constant even at night leaving people in dread, dogs, hiding and lives abended. Families like engineer Edward Franklin's, who's lived there 29 years, feel trapped with low buyout offers from HS2 and no mortgage buyers. HS2 admits the impacts and has added noise barriers, road sweeping, window cleaning and

1:02car washes based on feedback. They built a hall row to keep trucks away and their CEO made counselors recently, but the project faces delays past the original 2033. Finish. These folks remain stuck in limbo, fighting a giant project in the name of national progress, wondering when or if relief will come.