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There have been many media reports today about the Eastern leg being cancelled, but I can't find anything on this site other than confirmation of it going ahead. Does anyone know the reality?
So is the Daily Mail wrong again? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...rs-line-Leeds-shelved-amid-soaring-costs.html
So is the Daily Mail wrong again? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...rs-line-Leeds-shelved-amid-soaring-costs.html
The Eastern leg of the HS2 rail line to Nottingham, Sheffield and Leeds has been ‘shelved’ amid concerns about soaring costs.
Ministers have ordered HS2 Limited to halt all planning work on the Eastern leg and focus solely on the Western route to Manchester.
A Tory source said the Eastern leg was unlikely to be formally cancelled because of fears of a political backlash in the East Midlands and Yorkshire.
The DfT last night insisted the Eastern leg had not been formally ‘shelved’. A spokesman said the project could survive in some form when the Government’s delayed Integrated Rail Plan is finally published.
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