Today the public consultation begins on the High Speed 2 rail link from London to the North, and campaigners\u00a0who live\u00a0near London are rallying support.\u00a0\u00a0The campaigners are mainly those who won\u2019t get direct benefit from the line and\u00a0are objecting on environmental and economic grounds and claiming the current track can be improved.<\/p>\n
Being close to London these groups are getting a lot of publicity and even the BBC on this morning\u2019s Today programme took sides with the opponents.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It is understandable that you wouldn\u2019t want a new rail line building close to your house but the project has national implications such as: shrinking the size of the UK, creating additional capacity and relieving existing track, reducing domestic flights, creating an outlet from the pressure on the South East while bringing the north and midlands onto the pan-European high speed routes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The government is getting used to people objecting to all their many changes\u00a0mixing the good with elaborate spurious and exaggerated claims.\u00a0 Sometimes the government hasn\u2019t got it right but in this case there is a lot of support\u00a0and both major political parties support the line.\u00a0 The main\u00a0negative is that it is taking much\u00a0too long.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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