Its asking the government to be reasonable and consider analysing different options. This is the cancellation of the largest infrastructure project in the country with a 40 page document that has spelling mistakes. There is no reasonability, this is an abitrary spiteful desicion by Sunak because he personally doesn't like HS2.
Since we are now limited to 6 platforms at Euston would it make sense to do 400m trains for Birmingham and then 2x200m trains for Liverpool/Manchester, splitting at Interchange? Could also do 2x200m splitting at Interchange for Edinburgh/Glasgow? Just trying to think of the best way to make the most of what we have left...
Order a dozen 400m sets and the rest as 275m or similar length.
Just split the platforms in two and have a front train and a back train that set off separately.
Sunak’s ‘spiteful’ sale of land intended for HS2 dashes hopes of revival
Prime minister’s move criticised as ‘salting the earth’ so Birmingham-Crewe line cannot be builtwww.theguardian.com
This Guardian report (apologies for the paywall) suggests that Sunak has authorized the sale of CPOd land already - but shouldn't that be impossible as the Act of Parliament for HS2 phase 2a hasn't yet been revoked?
I'm very sorry to hear how it has affected you and others in the industry. I sincerely hope that the industry can pressure the decision makers to stem some of the bleeding here.
The ruling party has more than sufficient people in parliament to win a vote to repeal the act.
Do they have enough power in the whips to command it though? Some non-cabinet tory MPs have openly criticised the decision. In any case, selling off assets critical to a promised act of parliament that you expect to have repealed is still doing it without due process and ought to be subject to scrutiny.
Great, suggesting Labour lose the country another huge amount of cash, just as they did when they spiked the sale of the ROSCOs by promising a renationalisation that they didn’t do.
Its not the reason but would have boosted his case with the cabinet bigly
I doubt it has enough time for it to matter.
Since a super high spec curvaceous multi-billion pound tunnel under Manchester is no longer needed, there are plenty of funds within a £12bn envelope for this. Assuming your combined authority can compromise with our combined authority.
I doubt any such compromise will be possible.
Sorry to hear this Rick
You're rather vague as to the causes of the failure to start construction...
Given that Sunak has already repeatedly peed off the Speaker it will be interesting to see if he acts....
Rishi Sunak has not won an election for anything but his own Parliamentary seat....
Hoyle has been nothing but a spineless (expletive) since taking the position, so I suspect he won't act at all besides having a virtue-signalling rant.
Sad. It has been so obvious for too long that entering into a procurement so far ahead of track is bonkers. What on earth did DfT think it was doing locking in the full quantity on a project with so many uncertainties.. surely that can't be so.
