HS1 chief joins list of HS2 critics In a surprise move, Rob Holden, the chairman of HS1 has hit out at the justifications for HS2 in...
West Coast passenger numbers to stay secret – for now. In a private court hearing held yesterday (1st November 2012) in the build up to the Judicial Reviews which...
West Coast Mainline & HS2 – the truth will out, albeit slowly. Yesterday, Transport Secretary Patrick McLouhglin and chief DfT civil servant Philip Rutnam appeared before the Transport Select Committee, trying...
How reliable is the Department for Transport? A preliminary report by Sam Laidlaw published on 29th October into the Department for Transport’s handling of the bidding...
Written Answers: cost of HS2 spur to Heathrow Parliamentary written answers from 29th October 2012. It should be noted that the HS2 proposal published in 2010...
Quick Notes about the latest Consultations There are two consultations, with two sets of maps running concurrently – a “safeguarding” consultation and a separate...
BBC London report on HS2 compensation announcement BBC London report (18:30 bulletin) on the launch of the new consultation on compensation from Perivale, West London on...
View from the countryside: Be very careful This is taken from press releases by Knight Frank and the CLA (Country Land and Business Association)...
The View from London: Adding insult to injury – new consultations This was published yesterday by Hillingdon against HS2. The Department of Transport has released details of 2 consultations for...
Consultations on Safeguarding and Compensation announced today. HS2 Ltd have today announced the consultation on land safeguarding and their third consultation on compensation in three years. The...