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Lord Heseltine backs call for HS2 to run direct to Liverpool

There has been, and is still, much debate on the highly controversial route of HS2. And now one former Conservative heavyweight has called for the high-speed line to run directly to Liverpool. 

Lord Heseltine, the former deputy prime minister, who was also dubbed the Minister for Merseyside, as he was instrumental in beginning the regeneration of the city following the 1981 Toxteth riots, has called for the city to get the “full benefits” of HS2. 

Under current plans, HS2 trains will run to the city’s Lime Street Station but only on conventional lines – meaning they won’t operate at full speed. 

But speaking to the Liverpool Echo, Lord Heseltine, now chairman of the Regional Growth Fund advisory panel and advisor to the government, said: “Liverpool is still going to benefit from HS2 because the trains will still go into the city but personally I would like to see the thing go all the way through at full speed.” 

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