HS2 Construction is Two Years Late, No Matter What HS2 Ltd Say.
Residents along the route of HS2 have been told that major construction is now only planned to commence in...
Tag: Royal assent
Royal Assent for a White Elephant
How Royal Assent was reported on BBC Three Counties, with Penny Gaines
“The political elite ignored professional advice” to stop HS2
When Phase 1 of HS2 got Royal Assent, there as lots of media coverage. This is just one of those pieces, from Radio 5 Live.
No-one was prepared to argue for HS2
As HS2 was just about the get Royal Assent, oddly enough no-one from the DfT or HS2 Ltd was willing to come on to BBC London was willing to come on and say how great it’ll be!
It wasn’t all bad, that just meant Keri Brennan from Hillingdon Against HS2 had a bit more time. This is by no means the first time this has happened, and indeed it happened later the same day, as Fraser Pithie had been lined up to do a head-to-head on BBC Coventry & Warwickshire (or was it BBC WM?), but as we’d predicted in the Stop HS2 virtual office, backed out when told he’d be up against Joe Rukin.
Transport Questions: HS2 “tragic for many people”
In Transport questions on 23rd February 2017, HS2 dominated the early questions:
From Hansard:
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham)...
“May wanted to scrap HS2”
Theresa May wanted to scrap the HS2 project when she became Prime Minister, but was told it was ‘too...
Lords HS2 Committee report due out on Thursday
The House of Lords HS2 bill select committee will be publishing their report on Thursday, with their website...
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...
There is no certainty over HS2, Jeremy
The Government likes to claim “the debate about whether to build HS2 is over” and its just now a...
Sloth-like behaviour on high speed rail
This was originally published as welcome to another fun-packed year in HS2 Land, part 5 on 18th January. For the...