High Speed 2 is a planned high-speed railway between London Euston to central Scotland. The project is being developed by High Speed Two Ltd, a company limited by guarantee established by the UK government. Four major city centres shall be served directly: London, Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester. From November 2021 to June 2022 substantial parts of HS2 were dropped. As part of the Integrated Rail Plan for the North and Midlands it was announced that most of the eastern leg of phase 2b from Birmingham via the East Midlands to Leeds/York would be dropped. Supporters of the project believe that the additional capacity and reliability provided by HS2 will cater for pre-COVID rising passenger numbers while driving further modal shift to rail. Opponents believe that the project is neither environmentally nor financially sustainable.
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Yes, because it is too late to cancel now.
The people would be asked via Liquid Democracy immediately if a Liquid Democracy party got into power.
@8R84HXCConservative4yrs4Y
Not right now with masses of the national debt
It's too late to do anything with HS2. It's going ahead by the Government whether we like it or not.
@8P5L4BD4yrs4Y
Yes, but the spending has gone too far
@8CBW8ZY5yrs5Y
Yes but don’t damage any nature
@9BPQW382yrs2Y
Yes, but expand all the rail ways
Support it but not the extortionate cost.
@8TGC3HZ4yrs4Y
Yes but make it more environmentally friendly.
We need to improve the current infrastructure and make east to west travel easier
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