To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it is his intention that Phase 2 of High Speed 2 will include a section of track linking the new line at High Leigh with the existing west coast main line at Wigan; and if he will make a statement.
Answered on
19 June 2015
We received over 10,000 responses to the HS2 Phase Two consultation and we are in the process of considering them. No decisions have been made about Phase Two in relation to the consultation. The Government will make an announcement on how it will take Phase Two forward later this year.
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Department for Transport