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Plans for scrapped section of HS2 receives mixed reception from unions and campaigners
HS2's 2.1-mile long viaduct crossing the Colne Valley after the final deck segment is lowered and fixed into place at Maple Cross in Hertfordshire, September 5, 2024

PLANS for the scrapped section of HS2 received a mixed reception from unions and campaigners as they were unveiled today.

The proposed new 50-mile railway line between the Midlands and north-west England would be slower and cheaper than the original proposals which were axed amid spiralling costs by former prime minister Rishi Sunak last October.

Today a report by a coalition of private-sector organisations led by former HS2 Ltd chairman Sir David Higgins found the alternative line would be critical to boost capacity for passengers and freight moving between the regions.

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