Industry insiders say the Lords report is ill-considered and the project is already far advanced.
There is plenty of anger within the pages of this report from the House of Lords, but crucially it stops short of asking for HS2 to be scrapped.
And they were almost totally ignored by the government. It's hard to imagine we're in for a change of heart, now. At the moment, it is a huge hole in the ground, buzzing with archaeologists who examine the artefacts that are being unearthed here, working alongside the diggers that are preparing the site, shielded from both sight and weather by a huge canopy that covers more than a hectare.
They suggest, too, that the costs could be reduced if the top speed of trains was scaled back. Publicly, HS2 have said the report is useful; privately, it is seen as being ill-considered. Well, the last point is true. London is the hub of Britain's rail network, with nine of our ten busiest stations. But that's been the case for a long time - certainly throughout the laborious process that saw HS2 win parliamentary approval.
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