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More delays to the HS2 project are 'no surprise' according to Warwickshire campaigners. It is understood that the government is set to confirm that the high speed rail project will not be ready ...
"HS2 has made Britain a laughing stock in terms of its ability to deliver big infrastructure projects, and it has to end. This will set out the way we will do that," a Government source told the ...
The opening of HS2 will be delayed beyond the target date of 2033, the Government has confirmed. HS2 is an important component of Knighthead’s plan to build a Sports Quarter in east Birmingham.
The opening of HS2 will be delayed beyond the target date of 2033, the BBC understands. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander is expected to tell Parliament on Wednesday that there is "no reasonable ...
People living near the route of the HS2 rail project said the latest delay to the scheme "extends the agony" for them. The Secretary of State for Transport, Heidi Alexander, told MPs on Wednesday ...
The UK has been turned into an international “laughing stock” over the failure to control the HS2 rail project, a minister acknowledged. Housing and planning minister Matthew Pennycook said ...
The Birmingham stretch of HS2 has been delayed again. The government now says the high-speed rail line won’t arrive before 2033. Reporter Richard Gullick examines what this means for the West ...
A report by HS2 chair, Allan Cook, indicates the line may cost £88bn and not be ready until 2040. It is later estimated to end up costing up to £98bn for the whole line.
In 2013, HS2 was estimated to cost £37.5 billion (at 2009 prices) for the entire planned network, including the now-scrapped extensions from Birmingham.
In June last year, HS2 Ltd assessed the cost for the line between London and Birmingham would be up to £66 billion. Concerns about the costs of the stunted project have persisted.
In June last year, HS2 Ltd assessed the cost for the line between London and Birmingham would be up to £66 billion. Concerns about the costs of the stunted project have persisted.
HS2 begins work on incredible M6 'viaduct slide' near Birmingham Airport Engineers working on the M6's portion of the HS2 project have started work on a 320-metre-long 'viaduct slide'.