Pulling the plug would be soul-destroying for people who have lost their businesses, homes and neighbouring countryside
The original dream was for a Y-shaped high-speed network. There was even talk of Manchester to Paris. Leeds has gone. What chance the Manchester leg won’t be “delayed”, in the hope of inflation falling? And the Euston leg is now under threat from rampant costs ., on the outskirts of London.
From the outset, HS2 was so expensive that the financial case looked shaky. Not to mention the ecological damage and fracturing of communities in its way. To be clear, this is not an anti-growth argument. Even in a world of hybrid working, with lower passenger numbers, Britain’s creaking transport infrastructure is a blight on economic activity. There is a moral argument for overhauling it. But our political leaders are now trapped – unable to afford the bill; too far in to walk away.
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