I wonder if the government is negotiating with property developers behind the scenes. Developers may prefer this line stops at Old Oak Common - so there is more land (profit) available to them at Euston.
There’s no point in HS2 just going to Birmingham - this is the most costly bit of the railway, but most of the real value is in it linking to the North - Manchester, Crewe, Leeds, through to Scotland (with the Golborne Link or equivalent). The Tories have reduced the cost of HS2 by 30 - 40% with these cuts, but probably cut away 90% of the value. This is after having blown out the cost with huge amounts of expensive and unnecessary re-work in design from their micromanagement and ill-advised ‘cost cutting’ changes. At every step, the idea of ‘penny wise, pound foolish’ has applied to how this project has been directed from the Government.
32 miles of tunnel and vanity bridges, are the reason why HS2 is so over budget. The 20 million in the North have been short changed again. HS2 is only half a job.
Great work Tom. Great work men and women doing the graft. It MUST go further north. In time.
I think the Government is keen to get the land set aside for the Northern leg released ASAP to allow for other developments.
I wonder if the government is negotiating with property developers behind the scenes. Developers may prefer this line stops at Old Oak Common - so there is more land (profit) available to them at Euston.
There’s no point in HS2 just going to Birmingham - this is the most costly bit of the railway, but most of the real value is in it linking to the North - Manchester, Crewe, Leeds, through to Scotland (with the Golborne Link or equivalent). The Tories have reduced the cost of HS2 by 30 - 40% with these cuts, but probably cut away 90% of the value. This is after having blown out the cost with huge amounts of expensive and unnecessary re-work in design from their micromanagement and ill-advised ‘cost cutting’ changes. At every step, the idea of ‘penny wise, pound foolish’ has applied to how this project has been directed from the Government.
32 miles of tunnel and vanity bridges, are the reason why HS2 is so over budget. The 20 million in the North have been short changed again. HS2 is only half a job.