Comments for STOP HS2 - The national campaign against High Speed Rail 2

Comment on Secrecy or mischief making by John

John — Thu, 17 May 2012 11:27:06 +0000

Lets hope many more MP’s press for it’s release and let’s not forget that they will not release the WCML peak time loadings
What are they trying to hide?

Comment on Despite Cameron’s ‘Transparency Agenda’, HS2 ‘Amber-Red’ report to be kept secret for two years. by nameless

nameless — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:54:32 +0000

They dont want you to see how clueless they are. Basically they have a belief and sought evidence to support that belief rather than the scientific method of evidence first!

Its desired for political expedience and NOT merit.

Comment on Despite Cameron’s ‘Transparency Agenda’, HS2 ‘Amber-Red’ report to be kept secret for two years. by Gloria

Gloria — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:03:44 +0000

It makes you wonder what else is being tucked away in ‘confidential’ files until the Hybrid Bill has been voted on.

If any information indicates that this project is not going to succeed, for whatever reason, it should be out in the open now. Open for discussion, not burried away to be dug up later and found to confirm a monumental mistake.

Comment on Despite Cameron’s ‘Transparency Agenda’, HS2 ‘Amber-Red’ report to be kept secret for two years. by Steve

Steve — Wed, 16 May 2012 08:59:36 +0000

That is absolutley disgusting! Is this democracy in action? I think not. Is there no level that is too low for the proponents of this scheme to sink to? Cameron may use all the right words in his “big society” speeches but he does not take the right actions.

Comment on Comparisons are odious by chriseaglen

chriseaglen — Tue, 15 May 2012 12:09:56 +0000

It is very worthwhile each organisation producing comments to the scope and methodology EIA draft on the HS2 web site. The methodology requires to address specific projects within the route 3 proposed scheme and and compllete scheme with suggestions for changes/alternatives and other Routes such as Route 4. The EIA needs to be more than a support for hybrid bills. In many nations the EIA is coupled with Environmental Management Protection plans and stategies. Without a robust response to HS2 on this superficial document on the web of 223 pages there will not be the robustness needed for the judicial reviews and for the protection of areas currently disregarded. The AOS documents are not suitable baselines for the proposed scheme and they lack local inputs and rigour. The forums are conversation opportunities and not decision making and changing venues. More structured approaches are needed to the draft EIA than appears to be emerging and perhaps it is because there are not the links to more local specialists in each of the areas. There are some noticable omissions from the topic scope of the EIA which need addressing.

It is understood many environmental impact and protection people are out of work and it may be possible to engage with specialists such as Peter to have documentary inputs to the parish councils and to the district councils and the county councils and to the HS2 people before noon on the 30th May 2012. The impacts are stil emerging as land take and facilities and work site locations are unknown. Local people can address those issues concerns and problems within the responses and then no one can say HS2 did not realise.

The more inputs to this draft consultation the more on specifics and doubts the more the EIA for hybrid bill support will become questioned against the more pressing issues of real local impacts. Again HS2 is not providing the detail to judge the Environmental Impacts fully but is trading on vague text and grandiose notions. The EIA will not reveal the concerns people have because of the routing of HS2 unless the people who can read the sections as Peter has done to select those impacting their business, their daily school journies, or their level of dust inhalation and who submit comments to hS2 before the deadline.

Otherwise it will be another situation of asking the public and the public not reacting to the extent of the environmental impacts. Remember there was one inadequate instruction ot comment on the AOS in February 2011 and the AOS was a volume of images and text not easily digested or addressed. This EIA draft is again 200 page of structured text with little contribution to the design and construction processes. Please do not waste the opportunity to make you concern heard by HS2 and submit meeaningful reasons of concerns, issues and requirements. Thank you.

Comment on European Commission TEN-T Programme by chriseaglen

chriseaglen — Tue, 15 May 2012 07:25:34 +0000

Route 3 is not a TEN-T intermodal route. Route 3 is a dedicated longer distance passenger route that does not enable the large gauge freight, does not meet the weather effects reliability criteria by being two tracks. It does not link ports or provide large gauge freight transfers from road to rail.

Route 4 or a different route 3 could provide more for the British transport infrastructure. There has not been sufficient attention paid to what Britian and the UK should be achieving over a 50 year period and where. HS2 current Route 3 with the impacts on communities and the hill in the track at South Heath does not provide transportation values and benefits for the costs. The MPA review is possibly recognising that it is costly and uncertain with narrow transport contribution. This is what a full Transport Scrutiny would have determined and what the TSC review did not address because it was not an inquiry.

Comment on Prepare Your Ark by Keith Jervis

Keith Jervis — Mon, 14 May 2012 23:13:46 +0000

Hi lizzy, was imprressed when i met you in Tesco’s, Banbury. just been reading your article, i like the Bit about Noah. it Took 120 years to build, for 120 years they never listened. Rain, it dont rain they said, and they were quite right. However, when the environment fell from the sky, and the water came up from the ground, they didn’t have time, time to listen, it was too late. and the world in which we live was not the one created. It’s only The chosen who choose, we are all chosen, we don’t all choose. thankyou for being an inspiration, it was such a pleasure to hear your words,” it’s not about your words, it’s about your deeds” James . thank you for the Blessing.

Comment on European Commission TEN-T Programme by John

John — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:36:52 +0000

If I were for hs2 I would definitely be asking why the whole Y route is not to be covered by the hybrid bill planned for late 2013

Comment on Red-Amber Faces following Red Alert over HS2 Rail Link by Gloria

Gloria — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:00:14 +0000

“issues that need a dressing” – this takes us back to the story of ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’ again!

Many people in the crowd see HS2 for what it is, while the Government wish to ‘save face’ and continue with it regardless of its inappropriateness.

At what point will a little voice from the crowd be heard by the Government? Will they come to realise the naked truths before the embarrassment becomes reality?

The country is being forced into having this ‘smart silk suit of a train’, when what it really needs is a ‘jeans and a shirt-with-the-sleeves rolled up’ train!

Comment on Red-Amber Faces following Red Alert over HS2 Rail Link by Ian S

Ian S — Mon, 14 May 2012 07:51:48 +0000

The Rupert of whom it was recently decided that “He is unfit to run….” much as the DfT and HS2 Ltd appear to be unfit for purpose.
The point being that even when their own reports are obviously pointing to “issues that need addressing” they seem to carry on regardless and might just as well consult a passing cat provided it gives them the answer that they want to hear.
It is a pity that more of the national press do not pick up on this flawed process and highlight it. As getting the press onside seems to be a big concern for the government,