Today the National Audit Office released its Progress with preparations for High Speed 2 (HS2) report. Campaign for Better Transport, the UK’s leading authority on sustainable transport, has...
The influential Ecologist magazine quotes the HSUK architects, Colin Elliff and Quentin Macdonald, who claim that HS2 is “the biggest infrastructure mistake of all time”. The...
The UK government has given the nod to a HS3 rail link, which would connect cities in the north of England, despite the controversy that has...
The chairman of the high-speed 2 rail project Sir David Higgins has argued that the project must have the “flexibility” to hire the right staff if...
The chancellor George Osborne has outlined new plans to strengthen the northern economy with a high-speed rail link connecting Manchester to Leeds. The so-called HS3 would...
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The government has rejected calls from MPs to better protect the environment during the construction of the controversial HS2 rail project. In April, the environmental audit...
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The controversial HS2 rail project has gained an influential new opponent in the Church of England, after officials expressed concern that the construction of the route...
Chinese engineers are considering plans to build an undersea trainline connecting Beijing to the US, according to reports from official state media. Officials are said to...
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MPs have voted against a proposal to scrap the controversial HS2 rail project, with construction now expected to begin in 2017 after a group of Tory...
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The Wildlife Trusts have published a report showing how “large scale restoration” along the proposed HS2 route could help “heal blighted communities and damaged countryside”. The...
MPs have called for a full environmental survey of the HS2 high speed rail project and a separate budget to deal with environmental safeguards. They warn...