Environmental Statement Consultation extended due to mistakes
Yesterday, the Department for Transport extended the environmental statement consultation for Additional Provisions 2 to 18th September. This...
Monthly Archives: August 2015
Corbyn and new high speed rail
On Tuesday, Jeremy Corbyn published his plan for a publicly owned railway system. Alongside a range of measures like...
‘Northern Powerhouse more important than HS2’
Writing for Infrastructure Intelligence Dan Lewis, Senior Infrastructure Policy Adviser at the Institute of Directors, has explained why...
From the Archives: Holograms or virtual reality rooms?
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HS2 Committee fails to fully protect Chilterns AONB
The HS2 Select Committee fails to back petitioners’ requests to support a fully bored tunnel which would protect the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Beauty from the blight and devastation of HS2.
Martin Tett, Conservative Leader of Bucks County Council, is interviewed on BBC Three Counties Radio by Roberto Perrone, 22nd July 2015.
Midland Mainline electrification is now in the even longer grass.
This week the Government ‘announced’ a £13 billion blueprint for the Northern Powerhouse, which as you might...
A letter to Kier Starmer
Over the last few weeks, 426 Primrose Hill residents have written to their MP, Sir Keir Starmer, outlining their...
Burnham, Cooper and Corbyns’ reluctance to waste money has McLoughlin running scared.
Whilst we keep being told there is a massed hoard of Conservative ‘entryists’ suddenly supporting the Labour Party for...
Mr McLoughlin and the West Coast Main Line
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Patrick McLoughlin was interviewed on BBC News yesterday morning.
One of his...
West Coast Mainline not as full as HS2 proponents like to make out.
One of the stock answers for why HS2 is supposedly needed is the ‘fact’ that there is no room...