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Learn from France to make HS2 a success, says planning guru

HIGH-SPEED?RAIL

John W E Helm
09 August 2013
 

A planning expert has urged the Government to learn from France and integrate the delivery of high-speed rail with regional regeneration programmes and investments in local transport.

Professor Peter Hall of University College London praised the French approach to high-speed rail at a meeting of the Independent Transport Commission in London.

He began by saying that HS2 must not be self-contained. “It has to be combined with regional regeneration, otherwise the benefits will not be evenly...

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