I'm all for infrastructure building, high speed rail and connecting northern cities, but at what cost does it become untenable. Latest estimate is for it to go north of £100billion.
Does it really cost that much to build a rail line to Manchester via Birmingham?
The money would be better spent improving the network in parts of the country that need it most. Increasing capacity in the north west and Yorkshire should be the priority, including upgrading the cross Pennine links.
So HS2? What are people's thoughts?
I'm all for infrastructure building, high speed rail and connecting northern cities, but at what cost does it become untenable. Latest estimate is for it to go north of £100billion.
Does it really cost that much to build a rail line to Manchester via Birmingham?