Another Total Cock-Up as HS2 Ltd ‘Forget’ Route Change
Last week, HS2 Ltd published their planning context reports for Phase 1 of their scheme. The reports provide an...
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From the Archives: A coherent approach to years of misery?
Nearly a year after this was first published, you’d have thought they would have a better idea as...
Typical Government Response to HS2 Report
The Government have published their response to the report of the Lords HS2 Hybrid Bill Committee. Whilst...
HS2 Chair Jumps Ship as Lords Deliver Final Report
It has been revealed that the chair of HS2 Ltd, Sir David Higgins, will leave his post next year,...
HS2 is delayed again, and it’s all our fault. Obviously.
With the House of Lords HS2 Hybrid Bill Committee still sitting, the Government has finally admitted the bleeding obvious,...
A coherent approach to years of misery?
One of the woolliest headlines to come out of the “Yeah, whatever, just get on with it” report from...
HS2 committee quiz DfT counsel today
Today, the HS2 Hybrid Bill committee are holding an oral evidence session with the Counsel for the Secretary of...
Anything left to say in petitioning the Commons?
After almost two years, the process of petitioning the HS2 Hybrid Bill Committee is almost over. The final set...
£200million available to blight more people, but not to reduce blight
Earlier today, the HS2 Hybrid Bill Committee issued a statement on the case for a Colne Valley Tunnel....
Heathrow-HS2 link (still) in limbo
Update: As is typical of the weasel wording used by the Department for Transport, the situation over the HS2-Heathrow...