03.10.12
Anti-HS2 campaigners demand their own review after West Coast shambles
Cheryl Gillan, the anti-HS2 Buckinghamshire MP who was sacked from the Cabinet in last month’s reshuffle, has demanded a review of the HS2 business case in the light of the West Coast franchising fiasco.
She said the “significant technical flaws” in the WCML franchise competition, which was spectacularly halted last night by transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin, showed that the HS2 evaluation process needed to be reconsidered.
She is asking the DfT for an “immediate review”.
Other anti-HS2 campaigners jumped on the news to back their case: Cllr Steve Bowles tweeted: “If DfT got projections on WCML wrong for 15 year foresight how can we trust HS2 figures for 25 years?”
Another said: “I'm absolutely gobsmacked at the mess with statistical analysis they have made with WCML. No one can trust HS2 now.”
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(Image of Cheryl Gillan with David Cameron at Cardiff station in May 2010: courtesy The Prime Minister’s Office, Crown Copyright. Used here under a Creative Commons licence.)