HS2

From: Joe Ginty, Addingham.

EVERY few months – and more often recently – comes the call to scrap HS2 and spend the money on something else.

Two environmental charities have condemned HS2’s proposals for Yorkshire - saying the current plans for the high-speed line will destroy large swathes of ancient woodland and wildlife sites.

EVEN THOUGH the case for HS2 is underpinned by an urgent need to increase capacity on the country’s creaking rail network, it will only happen – and fulfil its potential – if transport chiefs work more constructively with affected residents.

From: Dr David Hill, CEO, World Innovation Foundation, Huddersfield.

HS2 hit the buffers again this week as it was announced that Sir Terry Morgan, the scheme’s chairman, had resigned following days of reports that he was about to be sacked.

Leeds is one step closer to having the largest rail test facility of its kind in the world.

HS2 high-speed rail could be extended under plans being considered by Chancellor Philip Hammond and Transport Secretary Chris Grayling.

HS2 high-speed rail could be extended from Manchester to Liverpool under plans being considered by Chancellor Philip Hammond and Transport Secretary Chris Grayling, two separate sources told The Yorkshire Post.

HS2 is in the planning, and the years of construction work for the high speed rail line through Yorkshire could affect several communities in Leeds.

Yorkshire leaders have issued a plea for unity on HS2, arguing that if it is scrapped it could jeopardise plans for new faster east-west rail links across the Pennines.

Up to £800m of public money could be spent on transforming Sheffield railway station and surrounding areas to adapt it for the arrival of HS2, it has been revealed.

From: Sue Doughty, Verey Close, Twyford, Reading.

The chairman of HS2 believes plans for nearly half a million new jobs and almost 90,000 new homes linked to the high speed railway are "just the beginning".

IN my first three months as chairman at HS2 Ltd, I’ve spent time travelling to the towns and cities that the new high speed railway will serve.

At a time when more details are emerging daily about the disruption that the construction of the high-speed rail route will cause to daily life in many UK communities, including those in Yorkshire, it is reassuring to learn that the head of HS2 Ltd is aware of the need to keep the impact to a minimum.

Building HS2 through Yorkshire will cause years of extra congestion and delays on some of the region’s busiest motorways and A-roads, a report by high-speed rail bosses has admitted.

A series of public meetings are to be held across Yorkshire in the next few weeks on how different areas of the region will be affected by the construction and operation of the HS2 high-speed railway line.

New environmental impact assessments have detailed how Yorkshire will be affected by the construction and operation of a HS2 line which will run through South and West Yorkshire up to a newly-built station in Leeds.