Camden raises concerns re community engagement
The Leader of Camden Council has written to the Secretary of State for Transport last week to express her concerns that promised improvements to HS2 Ltd’s community engagement are happening too slowly...
View ArticleHS3 more important for the North than HS2
The Institute of Public Policy Research has become the latest body to say that HS3, providing better rail links across the Pennines, should be prioritised ahead of HS2. In a report which highlights the...
View ArticleNetwork Fail: Getting UK Rail Back on Track
Today, the Adam Smith Institute published their latest report “Network Fail: Getting UK Rail Back on Track”. While much of the report covered their analysis of Network Rail, they also looked at HS2,...
View ArticleNetwork Rail undermine Department for Transport capacity argument for HS2
Besides the ridiculous notion that HS2 will be a magic wand the cure the north-south divide, the argument put about most by proponents of HS2 is that it is needed for capacity reasons. Using the...
View ArticleFormer Transport ministers languish low
The results of the most recent Conservative Home survey have now been published on their website, and one thing comes out clearly: just like last month, ex-transport ministers still hold the bottom...
View ArticleGrayling continues to undermine the case for HS2
Over the last few weeks the Government seem to have been trying their hardest to undermine the case for HS2, as they have decided not only to go ahead with cheaper alternatives for delivering capacity...
View ArticleIn a Desperate Attempt to Cut Costs, HS2 Seriously Consider Cutting...
In days gone by Secretaries of State for Transport such as Philip Hammond, Patrick McLoughlin and Chris Grayling justified the proposed speed of HS2, which dictated the maximisation of the...
View ArticleFormer HS2 Boss Admits “Nobody Knows” What HS2 Will Cost, Calls for Euston...
Former chair of HS2 Ltd Sir Terry Morgan appeared before the Lords Economic Affairs Committee on Tuesday, and demonstrated exactly why last summer he was chair of HS2 Ltd for about as long as an extra...
View ArticleLeadsom calls for review of HS2 Business Case, Labour want independent peer...
This week Andrea Leadsom brought a debate in Parliament about the business case for HS2. Like so many of the debates on this subject in the past there wasn’t time for everyone to speak, and many of the...
View ArticleHS2, and just some of the reasons why the whole thing is fraud
A couple of weeks ago, we let you know that my application for permission for a Judicial Review into HS2 issuing ‘Notice to Proceed’ was refused, but what we didn’t expand on was what it was all about....
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