“Yes HS2″ supporters – but not here please
We are used to being called nimbies and luddites but there are real “Not in my back yard” types involved in the debate about HS2. They want the HS2 station near them – they just don’t want all the...
View ArticleBirmingham MP wants HS2 – but not in his back yard
Stop HS2 have been pointing out for over a year that the proposed Washwood Heath HS2 maintenance depot comes at a cost of real jobs at a time when people in Birmingham need work now, not as a...
View ArticleIt’s not just Washwood Heath…
We’ve reported before that some Birmingham MPs and the City Council are concerned about HS2 Ltd’s plans to put the maintenance depot at Washwood Heath, which will stop alternative plans for the Alstrom...
View ArticleStopping HS2 is still the only option, says national campaigning body.
While there has been a lot of speculation in the last week over routes for HS2, both for the unannounced route… Continue Reading to Leeds and Manchester and also changes to the published route from...
View ArticleHS2 costing real jobs now
Amid speculation that the announcement of the second phase of HS2 is imminent – after being delayed from autumn 2012 and then December 2012 – there are increasing concerns about the very real threat...
View ArticlePenny Gaines’ evidence to the High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill
This is Penny Gaines’ personal evidence to the High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill: it is published on the Committee’s website here. Written evidence from Penny Gaines (HSR 23) Introduction: 1. This...
View ArticleHS2 Ltd ‘lose’ 877 pages of consultation documents, but deadline still stands.
A total of 877 pages of information affecting the constituencies of 17 MPs has been omitted from digital versions of the current environmental statement consultation on HS2. It has also transpired that...
View ArticleLost jobs at Washwood Heath and elsewhere
In an interview with the Birmingham Post, the project manager for the regeneration of the Washwood Heath site has said that HS2 Ltd has ‘kiboshed’ the development. Birmingham City Council had drawn up...
View ArticleFrom the Archives: Jobs tomorrow – but not today
Liam Byrne has organised a debate in Westminster Hall tomorrow, on the Washwood Heath RSMD Marshalling Yard. We have reported about this on several occasions in the past, and here is our original...
View ArticleWashwood Heath: assurances versus undertakings
The ongoing saga of the Washwood Heath area, a massive brownfield site with huge potential for regeneration, seemed to be reaching a conclusion last week, when Liam Byrne MP, Jack Dromey MP, and...
View ArticleHS2 blocking hi-tech job creation
One of the great ironies of HS2 is the number of job creation schemes it is stopping. Take Washwood Heath in Birmingham, a site originally developed for industrial purposes in Victorian times, which...
View ArticleJust 20 MPs turn up as HS2 Phase 1 clears final hurdle.
Yesterday the HS2 Hybrid Bill passed its’ final hurdle in the House of Commons, as the amendments made in the House of Lords were accepted by MPs. Normally, with so many ministers having constituencies...
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