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An alliance of MPs and action groups is demanding publication of a government report which reveals “major risks” to the HS2 rail project. It comes after top civil servants were forced to reveal an “alert” has been placed on the £33 billion project by the Cabinet Office’s Major Projects Authority.
The planned high speed rail network, which would slice through Warwickshire non...
Campaigners have claimed the credibility of the HS2 rail project is ‘falling apart’ after a Government report declared it faced major risks.
The compulsory assessment, carried out by the Cabinet Office’s Major Projects Authority, issued an amber-red risk of the project going wrong – just one step away from warning it is unachieveable. However the full report, which adds mounting pressure on...
China's got it. Japan's got it. So has the US. Even France and Spain have got it. So why hasn't the UK got it? Well, we have now, or at least in 2026 we will have it. I'm talking about high-speed rail, of course, which has been given the go-ahead from the Government to lay its tracks across the Great British landscape.
Built in two phases, the 'Y' shaped network will link Birmingham,...
Aylesbury MP David Lidington has had a response to his concern that passenger numbers on HS2 could be lower than forecast.
Transport secretary Justine Greening wrote to reassure him that ‘forecasting has improved’ since HS1 – where figures show that passenger numbers are still lower than originally forecast in 1995.
Ms Greening said: “The original forecasts for HS1 did not anticipate the...
Calls for the full report relating to the review of the HS2 scheme by the Cabinet Office's Major Projects Authority to be published, comes on top of the Public Accounts Committee urging the Department to recalculate the monetised value of shorter journey times. The Committee was very concerned that the assumptions relating to non productive time of business passengers on trains did not take...
The controversial HS2 train project is facing a new blow after an official warning that it faced “major risks or issues in a number of key areas”.
The alert, issued by civil servants, put further pressure on Justine Greening, the Transport Secretary, who is facing strong opposition to the £33 billion rail link between London and the North.
Legislation to enable the building of the...
Taxpayers and local businesses in Camden could be hit by a special levy charge to help pay for a high-speed rail development for Euston, according to ministerial correspondence seen by the New Journal.
A leaked letter from Transport Minister Norman Baker says the government would be working with developers to ensure “the very significant development opportunities” created by the massive...
Out - HS2
A Bill paving the way for the High Speed Rail (HS2) line from London to Birmingham and beyond will not be included – delaying the proposal for at least a year.
Justine Greening, the Transport Secretary, approved the £32billion project to cut the journey time on the route to 49 minutes from 2026 this year.
However, a “hybrid” bill – a device used to pass major national transport...
THE social media tool Twitter has helped spark a number of news stories in its short tenure from Wayne Rooney’s hair transplant to the break-up of Demi Moore's marriage – and now it has hit HS2.
Campaigners against the £33billion rail link have long raised concerns over taxpayers’ money being spent by HS2 Ltd, the body responsible for the route, on staff and the roles they perform – and one...
Campaigners against High Speed 2 are fighting it on three fronts, a meeting attended by a Labour Lord heard.
More than 100 people, including Lord Wilf Stevenson packed Great Missenden's Memorial Hall. Among the key points to be raised at the Sunday gathering were from tunnel experts, who gave presentations on tunnelling methods and details of plans being drawn up for one in the Chilterns. The...
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