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​HS2’s eastern leg ‘not needed’, says West Midlands mayor

By 2021-07-15T05:55:00

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Source: HS2 Ltd

Andy Street said the business case for connecting Midlands towns was ‘substantially better’ than for HS2

The mayor of the West Midlands has said that the eastern leg of HS2 from Birmingham to Leeds does not need to be built in full and called on the government to focus on connecting towns in the Midlands instead.

In a frank admission to the House of Commons cross-party transport committee yesterday, Andy Street said the eastern route of Phase 2b of the high speed line is not needed for “West Midlands business to get what it needs.”

 

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