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The Independent on Sunday canvassed a range of organisations and politicians for their opinion on HS2’s impact on wildlife and habitats. Here are their responses in full.
Hilary Wharf, director, HS2 Action Alliance
“The Government has done everything it can to pretend that HS2 will not have a huge negative environmental impact. But we will lose forever ancient woodlands, wildlife and...
Nick Clegg believes the new high-speed rail link will heal the north-south divide. Others argue that it will worsen the problem. And for the people who live along the proposed route, the line is already having a worrying impact
The lakes at Swillington Farm are a place of calm. You walk down through fields where sheep are grazing to a valley in which the waters are fringed by tall trees.
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A Conservative Staffordshire MP has spoken out against the northern extension of the high-speed rail link announced by the Government this week.
Bill Cash, who's the MP for Stone, has called a public meeting this lunchtime to share concerns with his constituents. The proposed line would dramatically cut journey times to London and the North, but would run directly through his constituency....
I guess we are used, in Britain, to trains arriving perpetually late. But by decades? That looks like being the fate of the HS2, whose extended route has just been unveiled.
There is – or rather was – a lot to be said for high speed rail. Fifty years ago bullet trains worked wonders in Japan, just as did the TGV in France three decades ago, and high speed trains in Germany and Spain in the...
Details of the second phase of HS2 – the proposed high speed rail network – have been announced by the Department for Transport (DfT). The project is being presented as an important step towards improving the economy of the ‘north’ relative to the ‘south’. But although we agree that particular cities may indeed benefit, whether the ‘north’ in general benefits relative to the ‘south’ is not...
HS2 bosses confirmed the worst fears of home and business owners when they said that demolition needed for the £33billion high-speed rail link would lead to financial losses for some people in Camden.
At a meeting in Maria Fidelis School on Thursday, Laura Wise, of HS2 Ltd – the company funded by the government to manage the massive project – said: “There was never a commitment to guarantee...
Further to Ian Bell's excellent article on HS2 ("I rail against the true north being cut out of the loop", The Herald, January 30), I would like to add a few observations on this dubious project.
Since the provinces (in this case, Scotland and Wales) appear to be excluded from the "engine for growth in Britain", it is difficult to see any relevance for those parts of the UK outside of...
THERE'S several things confusing me about the new high speed rail link. The main one being why anyone would want to get to Birmingham more quickly. Everyone knows the best train to Birmingham is the one that's cancelled.
When it comes to HS2, it seems to me there's only one winner. What is this line for? What is its express (geddit?) purpose? It's not so the people of London can easier access...
The HS2 project from London to Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds provides a "Heart of England" strategy for growth founded on improving inter-city connectivity. The project may be relevant for the development of these conurbations, but such a strategy is in large measure irrelevant to Scotland, for our economic growth increasingly depends on being better connected with the dynamic urban centres...
A London Council has reacted angrily to the government’s unveiling of the proposed extension of the £33 billion HS2 high-speed rail route.
Camden Council says the announcement undermines the legal system as it has been made before the outcome of a judicial review challenging the plans is known.
Sarah Hayward, leader of Camden Council, said: ‘High Speed 2 will cost people their homes and...
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Maria Eagle's Commons comments today about short haul slots being replaced by long haul flights further undermines HS2's green credentials.
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If HS2 is about a global race, the finishing line isn't coming into view until 2033
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51m responds to DfT announcement on HS2 northern route t.co/JoLk9OnT
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