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HS2 IS launching another charm offensive with a wave of consultation events in Rotherham after unveiling fresh plans which have enraged protesters. The high-speed link team will be in Aston, Hellaby and Mexborough at the end of this month and … Continue reading
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Councillors’ anger as HS2 demolition toll rises in Mexborough EVEN more Mexborough homes are in line for demolition under HS2 than previously planned, according to new documents which have outraged the town’s councillors. Earlier plans showed 19 houses near the … Continue reading
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NICE work if you can get it. HS2 Ltd – the body responsible for building Britain’s high-speed railway – is in the job market. It has started advertising for three non-executive directors. Remuneration? £950 a day. Obligations? Two days work a … Continue reading
LIKE many another passenger on Yorkshire’s woeful rail network, I tend to approach every journey with the same sense of trepidation as an appointment with the dentist for root-canal treatment. How painful an experience will it be today? Am I … Continue reading
High-speed trains will be maintained at a depot to be built in Leeds, creating up to 125 jobs, it has been confirmed. The HS2 rolling stock depot will be built at Gateway 45 near the M1 rather than in the … Continue reading
ROTHER Valley MP Sir Kevin Barron has performed a dramatic U-turn on HS2, saying he no longer supports plans for a high-speed link between London and Leeds. Sir Kevin has joined protesters in opposing the contoversial “M18 route” through Aston, … Continue reading
AN MP has hit out at the Department for Transport after it rejected his call for a new HS2 rail route consultation. Sir Kevin Barron, MP for Rother Valley, is angry after the government said no to a rethink despite … Continue reading
High Speed 2 has collided with more potential conflicts of interest after the merger of two engineers working on the £56bn rail line. Jacobs’ acquisition of fellow American engineer CH2M means the enlarged company is working on both sides of … Continue reading
A comparison of housing demolition figures used to help justify changing the HS2 route through South Yorkshire was wrong by at least 40 per cent, the Government has admitted. A correction note published by the Department for Transport said that … Continue reading
Rail minister Paul Maynard will meet with residents this month from Doncaster villages which would be affected by the planned HS2 route through the borough. Mr Maynard has confirmed a date of December 13 to meet with the Joint Rural … Continue reading
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