Post by jonksy on Oct 7, 2023 14:23:01 GMT
We lost our farms, homes and villages to HS2... now what? The Brits left picking up the pieces after Rishi Sunak dealt the final death blow to high speed line
Earlier this week, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that the High Speed Two link between Birmingham and Manchester would be scrapped due to rising, unsustainable costs and pledged to instead invest £36billion into the North's existing rail network.
The cancellation follows the decision in November 2021 to cancel HS2's eastern leg from Birmingham to Leeds to save between £30 billion to £40 billion amid fears the cost of the project would exceed £100 billion.
Currently the only leg of the government's ambitious plan to bring high speed rail access to all of England set to go ahead is the London Euston to Birmingham line.
Overall spending on HS2 to date, including land and property, stands at £24.7 billion - but the line is not set to be fully operational until 2033.
Thousands of Brits living in hamlets, villages, towns and cities across the spectral remains of the country's faltering High Speed Two route in Staffordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cheshire and Derbyshire are reeling from the shock and uncertainty of the government's decision to shutter the Manchester leg.
The ambitious infrastructure project - which was intended to bring high speed rail to the North of England- has been essentially all but cancelled this week due to mounting costs despite years of planning and the gutting of communities along its length.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12597211/Whos-laugh-HS2-faced-losing-farms-homes-villages-picking-pieces-fatal-blow-high-speed-line.html
Earlier this week, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that the High Speed Two link between Birmingham and Manchester would be scrapped due to rising, unsustainable costs and pledged to instead invest £36billion into the North's existing rail network.
The cancellation follows the decision in November 2021 to cancel HS2's eastern leg from Birmingham to Leeds to save between £30 billion to £40 billion amid fears the cost of the project would exceed £100 billion.
Currently the only leg of the government's ambitious plan to bring high speed rail access to all of England set to go ahead is the London Euston to Birmingham line.
Overall spending on HS2 to date, including land and property, stands at £24.7 billion - but the line is not set to be fully operational until 2033.
Thousands of Brits living in hamlets, villages, towns and cities across the spectral remains of the country's faltering High Speed Two route in Staffordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cheshire and Derbyshire are reeling from the shock and uncertainty of the government's decision to shutter the Manchester leg.
The ambitious infrastructure project - which was intended to bring high speed rail to the North of England- has been essentially all but cancelled this week due to mounting costs despite years of planning and the gutting of communities along its length.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12597211/Whos-laugh-HS2-faced-losing-farms-homes-villages-picking-pieces-fatal-blow-high-speed-line.html
