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...
Assurances from HS2 Ltd: More unhelpful things from the blogosphere. On 20th October, the issue of the difference between assurances and undertakings came up at the HS2 Hybrid Bill...
McLoughlin safeguarding statement is “either lying or knowingly throwing away taxpayers money”. In a cart-before-the-horse move typical of HS2 Ltd, Secretary of State for Transport Patrick McLoughlin has claimed the proposed...
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, part 1 This was originally published on HS2 and the Environment, and is the first of a four part...
HS2 Ltd publish additional provisions. Today, HS2 Ltd published the first in a series of amendments to the HS2 Phase 1 plans to...
Riding School noise barrier decision may have HS2 implications. In an unexpected move, the Secretary of State for Transport has ordered that a noise barrier should be installed...
“Go forth and regenerate, but there’s no money for it.”, Government tells HS2 cities. The Government have today, Thursday 24th July, have responded to the HS2 Growth Taskforce’s recommendations, which were published in March. In a...
Some recent written answers House of Commons Written Answers 10 June 2014 Transport: High Speed 2 Railway Line Mrs Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport...
What do the Hybrid Bill Committee think of HS2? Now the HS2 Hybrid Bill has passed second reading, the petitioning period has started, and you have until 23rd...
Sickeningly ill-informed MPs vote through HS2 Hybrid Bill, as Boris talks bollocks, again. A three-line whip from the Government benches, coupled with a rather apathetic support from Labour, meant that the second...