HS2 was ‘confident’ of green light as recently as July

By Jordan Marshall2019-11-26T06:00:00

Project chiefs expected government to sign-off phase one before Christmas

HS2 was still expecting to be given the green light to start main construction work early next year as recently as this summer.

At a planning meeting between HS2 and 13 local authorities, including Birmingham city council, Buckinghamshire county council and Chiltern district council, railway bosses said mobilisation on the first phase would start in early 2020.

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