Nicholas Lewis
Established Member
Totally spot on and real leadersip would have called out all these contributing factors as to why HS2 costs had spiralled and deliverability become a multi decades project then any alternatives proposed today, however laudable (and i believe they are), will just come up against the same issues.I will stick my neck out here and say it [isn’t] the end of HS2. It is scrapped north of Birmingham (for now). The ESG and Diversity & Inclusion nonsense and wider waste, meaning it costs many times more to build this in the UK than other countries must end. Once we created a better framework for infrastructure delivery (yes, we are talking years) then it is my belief a later government will look at this again. Our culture is wrong. Everything needs to be reset, costs controlled, methods changed. The consultant gravy train will be replaced.
As you say the only people celebrating today will be the consultancy groups who are the real enemies that sunk HS2 in the first place.