HS2 continue their ecocide just outside Balsall Common as they widen a road to facilitate green belt housing developments for future London commuters around the ‘Birmingham Interchange’ parkway station. You know, the one the former chief engineer said would lead to the creation of a new city between Birmingham and Coventry. Sign the petition to get them to stop work until their actually get the full go-ahead here.
Tag: Andrew McNaughton
In a Desperate Attempt to Cut Costs, HS2 Seriously Consider Cutting Fundamental Principle of HS2
In days gone by Secretaries of State for Transport such as Philip Hammond, Patrick McLoughlin and Chris Grayling justified...
Budget – no delight nor any despair
As always, we watched the Budget speech on Wednesday, and have trawled through the documents, looking at what...
Finally – An Admission That HS2 Means Green Belt Development
Being accused of making things up and lying by proponents of HS2 is something you get used to in...
A bad deal at any price
Peter’s view of the recent report on costs of HS2 – originally published on his blog here.
I had...
HS2 Ltd admit they will scrap all current long distance trains to Euston in £8.3bn rail cut.
After years of speculation, HS2 Ltd technical Director Andrew McNaughton has finally admitted that towns and cities in the...
Polling shows HS2 more unpopular than ever on eve of another relaunch.
A YouGov poll for the Sunday Times shows that HS2 is more unpopular amongst voters than ever,...
HS2 ‘New City’ plans start to take shape.
In March 2012, it was reported that Professor Andrew McNaughton, then the chief engineer at HS2 Ltd...
Salt Mines and Subsidence
From Mid-Cheshire against HS2 – download their paper here:
Stephen O’Brien MP for Eddisbury recently organised a meeting...
Stop HS2 Evidence to the HS2 Blank Cheque Committee
Here is the evidence submitted to the HS2 Committee. Other written evidence can be found via this link.
SUMMARY
1. This...