Protest disruption cost HS2 enough to ‘build a primary school’

By Tom Lowe2020-09-23T05:00:00

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Price of disruption revealed in HS2 board minutes from a meeting in May

HS2 bosses have admitted that disruption to the railway’s £100bn construction programme caused by environmental protests has left them with a bill so large that they could have paid to build a primary school.

Minutes from an HS2 board meeting in May revealed that protests by activists from campaign groups including Extinction Rebellion and HS2 Rebellion over the impact the railway would have on ancient woodlands and pristine countryside have caused havoc to works on the project.

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