YELLOW Tonka truck-style construction vehicles lay siege to a parade of Regency villas in an image released by HS2 ahead of more than a decade of major works in Camden. 

One of the lorries has a telescopic grabbing device that appears to be reaching through the trees into a home in Park Village East.

The images were released in HS2 information packs sent to residents last year about the proposed works in Park Village East, which are expected to begin in 2016 if the £50billion project is approved by MPs next year.

Workers will get a bird’s eye view into the gardens and conservatories of the properties in the road, where Mayor of London Boris Johnson’s father Stanley lives.

The image show how a row of “bulk cement silos” cylinders will also sit on the tracks just by Mornington Bridge, which is being moved because of the works.

Architect Mike Dowd, who lives in Parkway, has just published a leaflet which details the impact of the works around what is known as “the Cutting” that is available in Camden Town shops. 

Another HS2 image shows what a “vent shaft” will look like: a giant seven-storey structure – with five levels below ground – that will give emergency vehicles access to the railway tunnels deep beneath the surface. The entrance, and a large parking lot, will be next to the current Riding Academy. 

Robert Low, from the Park Village East conservation group, said: “We have noted its inappropriate architecture in a number of consulta­tions. It, and a large park­ing lot, will be next to the existing Riding Academy.”

HS2 vent shafts are proposed for Adelaide Road, Primrose Hill, Alexandra Place, opposite south Hampstead overground station, and also in Loudoun Road, Kilburn.