Doubts raised over H2S business case

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[dutchman]

The government's own environmental watchdog has also described the project as 'unsustainable' as it would encourage people to live even further from where they work. It went on to claim that the top ten percent of earners benefit four times as much from this kind of project than the bottom ten percent. It instead wanted the money spending on local projects.

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Is there any way of just going to the website rather than have the website embedded in this forum?

The government are clearly trying to can this project. There've been a few announcements over the last six months about the cost effectiveness of this, etc, etc.

I'm not convinced it's really needed!

Yes: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... veals.html

Why, do you have a problem with the embedding Flapdoodle?

The government are clearly trying to can this project. There've been a few announcements over the last six months about the cost effectiveness of this, etc, etc.

It seems to me the less economic sense a project makes the more likely it is the government will press ahead with it regardless.

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I prefer to follow the link as I sometimes want to cut and paste it into a different forum or explore the website linked to further.

If you click the "QUOTE" button it shows you the original address. Works for images and most other things as well.

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New high speed rail report warns MPs to 'revist assumptions' on planned HS2 line through Warwickshire

A REPORT into high speed rail has warned MPs to revisit assumptions on the controversial HS2 line set to cut through Warwickshire.

Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee published its findings today into the HS1 London-to-Folkestone line which links to the Channel Tunnel and found it £4.8 billion in debt.

Committee chairwoman Labour MP Margaret Hodge blamed the taxpayer liability on over-optimistic passenger forecasts.

It said regeneration benefits had suffered from a "lack of effective leadership" and warned those behind HS2 not to repeat "costly mistakes".

"There is only one solution, go back to the drawing board, make rational assessments of what is the best interest of the UK as a whole and cancel HS2 before it is too late.

"We have always known that the plans haven’t been robust.

"The DfT have been making over-optimistic assumptions and much of the case is untenable, unrealistic and exaggerated."