17.05.13
Untangling the truth
The HS2 row continues today, as the Government hits back against the ‘out of date’ NAO report. The rhetoric around this project gets more and more tangled, as the DfT tries to clarify the purpose behind the route.
It’s not about sucking the economy closer to London and it’s certainly not about speed. HS2 is about capacity, and jobs, and growth.
Can the department manage to make this argument? Time is now ticking down until the publication of the Hybrid Bill later this year. Just because the PR has not been handled well, does not mean the entire project is a mistake.
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