Thank you to constituents who have recently
contacted me about their concerns about HS2.
I fully appreciate the strength of feeling on this
issue.
HS2 is fundamentally about increasing the capacity
of our busy railways – HS2 will be lead to almost 15,000 seats an hour on
trains between London and the cities of Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds –
three times the current capacity.
If we are to invest in creating a new line, there
is no reason why we should not opt for the latest and fastest trains that deliver
the best efficiency for taxpayers.
But there has been a significant amount of
unnecessary delays to the project.
I am also very concerned about the increasing costs
and if it is deliverable in its current form.
I would support a review to assess whether HS2 is
the very best option we have to modernise our railways and increase capacity.
