Some recent news items

Get West London: Search is on to fill new HS2 job – but is it too little too late?

Stratford Observer: HS2 cash for communities ‘derisory’

Northwich Guardian: Campaigners predict traffic ‘nightmare’ during HS2 construction

Rail Technology: Stoke council will consider legal action if Crewe gets HS2 station

The Independent: ‘Smart ticketing’ to cut cost of rail travel for off-peak commuters 

BIMcrunch: HS2 workers need to complete BIM work before being paid?

Get Bucks: ‘Misleading’ HS2 advert withdrawn after complaint

Chamberlain files: HS2 benefits study is a ‘wild west’ calculation, claims transport expert

Get Bucks: Campaigners say HS2 is affecting people’s health even before it is built

Huffington Post: George Osborne Launches Bid To Sell UK’s Eurostar Stake

Nottingham Post: Go for electrifying alternative to HS2

Tamworth Herald: Warwickshire County Council to continue its fight against the impact of HS2

BBC: BBC News – Staffordshire HS2 village criticises council’s ‘compromise’

Lichfield Mercury: HS2 campaigners dismiss £30m grants as ‘a bad joke’

Ilkeston Advertiser: HS2 route through Erewash slammed

Yorkshire Evening Post: Rail link between Leeds and Leeds Bradford Airport ‘vital’, MP claims

The Transport Network: HS2 chief calls for ‘simpler’ consultations and political unity

Mix 96: HS2 Making Bucks Ill Before It’s Built

Derby Telegraph: HS2 IN DERBYSHIRE: Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin tight-lipped on station switch

CoStar UK: Boden among major occupiers HS2 could force on the road

Derby Telegraph: Derbyshire villagers insist: We don’t want HS2 rail link in our midst

Lichfield Mercury: Higgins report could spell change for second phase of HS2 – but not in Lichfield

National Trust: National Trust response to HS2 Community and Environment Fund and Business and Local Economy Fund announcement

5 comments to “Some recent news items”
  1. IN VIEW OF THE NEWS THAT THE BUSINESS CASE FOR HS2 HAS BEEN GROSSLY OVERINFLATED ISN’T IT TIME THAT HEADS ROLLED AND THE LIKES OF MCCLAUGHLAN,OSBORNE,CAMERON AND OTHERS WERE MADE TO RESIGN FOR GIVING US A CATOLOGUE OF LIES AND EXAGERRATIONS, IN THE PROCESS WASTING OUR MONEY AND TIME WHILST THEY DISMANTLE AND SELL THE NHS[WASTING MONEY TO DO SO], SAYING THERE IS NO MONEY TO FUND IT?[NHS ACTION PARTY WEBSITE]

    AGREE OR NOT WITH THE POLITICS AND ACTIONS OF THE OCCUPY LONDON DEMOS, AT LEAST THEY ARE SHOWING HOW SICK OF POLITICIANS MANY ARE WHATEVER THE COLOUR OF THE PARTY SAID POLITICIANS ARE IN

    THERE ARE SOME DECENT MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT [DAVE ANDERSON, MINE, JUST VOTED FOR THE RECALL BILLTO MAKE MPS MORE ACCOUNTABLE AND IFEEL HE CARES FOR PEOPLE GENERALLY, IRRESPECTIVEOF HIS POLITICAL COLOUR] BUT SOME AREJUST A DISGRACE AND NEED TO BE GOT RID OF.

    WE ARE ALL TOO OFTEN LIED TO AND TREATED LIKE IDIOTS AND IT HAS TO CHANGE.

    MARK

  2. Before Hs3 they should be sorting out hs2 home owners along the line with proper compension arrangements. If they have the funds for hs3 they have no excuses not to look after all the people loosing thousands of there hard earned money through no fault own after all if they wanted to live by a railway they all would have brought there home by a railway

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    17 hours ago – According to Steer Davies Gleave’s Jim Steer — speaking as a member of the first panel at the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee HS2 session on 21 …

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    17 hours ago – [House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee] … Professor Stephen Glaister … Prof Glaister pointed out the sensitivity of HS2 forecasts to future events, and even …

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    12 hours ago – [House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee] … Prof Glaister pointed out the sensitivity of HS2 forecasts to future events, and even to the discount rate applied to …
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    11 hours ago – HS2 chief to rule out changes in attempt to keep budget on track. ….. The House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee will take evidence from the … will question Mr Glaister on his views on whether there is a strong strategic and economic case …

  4. Professor Glaister identifies concerns about the DfT and HS2 assumptions and missed issues.

    • Thanks for pointing this out to our readers: we watched the evidence live, and tweeted as it happens. There is definitely a lot of information there, which hopefully the committee will listen to.

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