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High Speed 2 Line

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Question for Department for Transport

UIN 23097, tabled on 19 January 2016

Question

Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Conservative
Chesham and Amersham
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a comparative assessment of the (a) cost of construction, (b) environmental effects and (c) construction time of High Speed 2 and a conventional electrified rail line along the High Speed 2 route.

Answer

Mr Robert Goodwill
Conservative
Scarborough and Whitby
Commons

Answered on

22 January 2016

A comparative assessment of the costs of construction and environmental effects of a High Speed and conventional electrified line was presented in the November 2013 HS2 Ltd report; London – West Midlands environmental Statement, Volume 5, Alternatives Report. The comparative assessment with a conventional line can be found from page 23 of the report which can be accessed online via

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/259616/Vol1_Alternatives_Report_CT-002-000_wm.pdf


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