People pass a faded advertising poster as work continues at the construction site for the HS2 mainline station at Curzon Streeton 7th August 2023 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The Curzon Street Masterplan covers a 141 hectare area of regeneration, focussed on HS2 Curzon Street station in Birmingham city centre, combined with approximately 700 million in investment into the surrounding area including new homes and commercial developments. High Speed 2 is a partly planned high speed railway in the United Kingdom with its first phase in the early stages of construction, the second phase is yet to receive full approval and the third is subject to merging with Northern Powerhouse Rail, a separate project.