In a recent article in Transport Times – Director of Midlands Connect Maria Machancoses calls upon the UK’s regions to unite behind HS2 and ensure the project becomes a reality in its entirety – all the way to Manchester and … Read more › “Questioning HS2? Remember to ask why…”
This month the High-speed rail international benchmarking study dated November 2016 was released. The findings come from an independent PwC investigation commissioned by former chancellor George Osborne in 2014. The review was finished in 2016 but its publication was delayed … Read more › “Report calls for a national rail/high-speed rail plan”
Unthinking populism has led some to put forward scrapping HS2 as a solution to worrying projections of economic losses from Brexit. ‘Here’s £50bn we could save and spend instead on (say) the NHS’.
But scrapping HS2 does not create a … Read more › “HS2: a magic money tree?”
The first National Infrastructure Assessment, published yesterday by the NIC, provides the rare perspective of a comprehensive assessment of the nation’s needs over the next 25+ years.
Having considered all the exciting developments ahead in areas such as autonomous vehicles, … Read more › “Greengauge 21 on the first National Infrastructure Assessment”
