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When HS2 opens, whose names will be on the plaque?

David Davies, London SE6
10 June 2016
 

Assuming HS2 goes ahead, who should take the credit – or the blame? In my view, three people have played particularly crucial roles. 

Firstly, transport consultant Jim Steer. Jim was the driving-force behind the 2007 report from the high- speed rail advocacy group Greengauge 21. This proposed a 300km/hr (186 miles/hr) London-

Birmingham alignment using existing transport corridors, linking to HS1 at St Pancras and Stratford International, at a cost of £4.2bn. This relatively...

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