HS 2 routes

[flint]

Have noticed that as usual nothing included for a route south of London or any improvements in links to South Coast or along the South Coast. Also total silence on A27 improvements east of Lewes,
I think money could be better spent on various regional projects rather than high speed line which only the rich can afford to use.
One nation ! I think not and I am normally a Tory voter

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

Pretty sure the whole of the a27 needs upgrading.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Have noticed that as usual nothing included for a route south of London or any improvements in links to South Coast or along the South Coast. Also total silence on A27 improvements east of Lewes,
I think money could be better spent on various regional projects rather than high speed line which only the rich can afford to use.
One nation ! I think not and I am normally a Tory voter

Come up here and preach this to the locals of Middlesex and Buckinghamshire

 

[middletoenail]

The south of England is not as important as we'd like to think. It's all about the north, especially Manchester. Times are a changing!

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[Beach Hut]

Why we are talking HS2 when I believe not even a sod of turf has been moved in anger for HS1 is totally beyond me

 

[middletoenail]

Why we are talking HS2 when I believe not even a sod of turf has been moved in anger for HS1 is totally beyond me

I thought HS1 was st pancras line?

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[AmexRuislip]

Have noticed that as usual nothing included for a route south of London or any improvements in links to South Coast or along the South Coast. Also total silence on A27 improvements east of Lewes,
I think money could be better spent on various regional projects rather than high speed line which only the rich can afford to use.
One nation ! I think not and I am normally a Tory voter

Have you seen what they're doing to the A21 near Tunbridge Wells & Tonbridge, swathes of woodland being dug up in the name of improvements!

 

[blockhseagull]

Why we are talking HS2 when I believe not even a sod of turf has been moved in anger for HS1 is totally beyond me

HS1 is open and been going for some time

 

[crookie]

Have you seen what they're doing to the A21 near Tunbridge Wells & Tonbridge, swathes of woodland being dug up in the name of improvements!

About bloody time too, if you lived round here you'd understand why. Sadly costing about 10 times what it would have if it had been done when first proposed

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[Beach Hut]

HS1 is open and been going for some time

OK maybe a matter of rhetoric the issue is nothing has happened with HS2 yet but they are talking about the extension in effect

 

[beorhthelm]

HS2 is a regional project, just not our region.

would be great to see improvements to the A27 but isnt going to happen while the nimbys and protestors out-vocal the rest of the population. they get organised and campaign against, so its not worth the trouble of local or national politcans to fight. if we had protests for building and infrastructure, we might get some.

 

[AmexRuislip]

About bloody time too, if you lived round here you'd understand why. Sadly costing about 10 times what it would have if it had been done when first proposed

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I guess it's the same as the new link road around Bexhill.
It was on the cards when I was at school, being talked about for years, then gets the green light with added costs.
Honestly, I do realise these roads are needed, but it's a shame that all the countryside gets dug up.

 

[blockhseagull]

OK maybe a matter of rhetoric the issue is nothing has happened with HS2 yet but they are talking about the extension in effect

HS2 started over 18 months ago... even longer if you count the upgrades and changes to Birmingham New Street, also large amount of work done round Old Oak Common in NW London.

Wasn't today about how the next proposed route is going Sheffield way ?

 

[The Large One]

 

[studio150]

Shorter rail times. but when Sky or BT move the kick off times, we still won't be able to get there by train for a lunchtime kick off, or back from an evening game.

 

[GT49er]

Shorter rail times. but when Sky or BT move the kick off times, we still won't be able to get there by train for a lunchtime kick off, or back from an evening game.

And even if they built HS3 from London to Brighton, you'd get dumped in Brighton in the middle of the night after an evening away match, with no public transport to get you home to the surrounding towns and villages.

 

[essbee1]

HS2 - a vanity project by a government that is out of touch with the people.
Also a jobs for the boys project - and contracts to mates.

 

[happypig]

Lodon to Birmingham is about 120 miles and currently takes around 80 minutes. That's twice as quick as Brighton or Eastbourne (which are rammed during rush hour).
If huge investment is needed it's not hard to see where.

 

[GreersElbow]

Have noticed that as usual nothing included for a route south of London or any improvements in links to South Coast or along the South Coast. Also total silence on A27 improvements east of Lewes,
I think money could be better spent on various regional projects rather than high speed line which only the rich can afford to use.
One nation ! I think not and I am normally a Tory voter

The idea was to link London with the 'Northern powerhouse' https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/hs2-and-the-northern-powerhouse

 

[LlcoolJ]

HS2 - a vanity project by a government that is out of touch with the people.
Also a jobs for the boys project - and contracts to mates.

Spot on. Total waste of a HUGE amount of money. It's estimated that it would cost about 10% of HS2 to roll out super fast broadband to the whole country and by the time this project is finished the majority of meetings will be done online anyway.

See also Hinkley Point. But apparently the country is skint.