The Government has announced that it is pressing ahead with its plan to build a new high-speed rail line. HS2, the ultra-high-speed rail line, will cut a swathe through the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and cost the country more than £32 billion to build. That’s more than one thousand pounds from every household in the UK.
Update: The Government proposes to place more of the route through Wendover in a tunnel. Read more…
See also new high speed rail documents on Department for Transport website, including information on blight
Please email your MP today urging them to oppose HS2 when it comes to the vote! You can use the website http://www.highspeedrail.org.uk to send a quick message to your MP.
