HS2 Ltd appoint the boss of one of their contractors as temporary CEO.
Roy Hill, the European Managing Director of CH2M Hill has been seconded as temporary Chief Executive of HS2 Ltd,...
Monthly Archives: October 2016
HS2 break promises, locals block access.
In the last few months it has become commonplace to see HS2 Ltd belatedly starting ground surveys along the...
Recent written answers and an oral evidence session
Later today (Monday), the Transport Select Committee will be holding an oral evidence session with Chris Grayling MP, Secretary of...
People in Birmingham don’t want HS2
A YouGov/LBC poll reveals that HS2 is not popular in Birmingam – the only city it’s due to link to London in Phase 1 of the project. These are some of the reports from LBC’s Nick Ferrari breakfast programme.
Separate interiews with other main critics are also on the Stop HS2 Youtube site here.
An offer of £70million to communities blighted by High Speed 2 has been branded an ‘insult’
From 51M:
The Secretary of State for Transport, Chris Grayling, announced this week that £70 million will be made...
HS2 financial report shows more delays as £1.8bn spent already
In the same week that Rail Magazine reported that Royal Assent of HS2 is expected to be...
Grayling forgets his original justification for HS2, saying case is ‘as strong as ever’.
Chris Grayling has chosen to announce that the Government is fully committed to HS2, just a week after the...
Its Ada Lovelace Day!
Modified from penspot.co.uk last year:
As a former computer programmer, I’m fully behind the idea of Ada Lovelace Day....
Basic skills not trains
Recently, the Centre for Cities published a report comparing UK cities with cities in other European countries, and...
HS2 will just help London
This week, the Adam Smith Institute were keen to remind the public, in the wake of a survey showing HS2 is considered a waste of money by most people in Birmingham, that all the international evidence shows it would simply suck more stuff to London.