Cost of HS2 AT a time when our national deficit is still rising, it beggars belief that the Government has committed to building HS2.
A report commissioned by the Department of Transport puts the cost for the whole track at a massive £104 billion, which equates to £400 million for every mile, making it the world’s most expensive railway.
Furthermore, apart from the disruption that it will cause to people’s lives, business and the countryside it will never recoup its costs.
Yet despite ignoring protests and any form of common sense, the government will keep pouring and wasting vast amounts of taxpayers money on this white-elephant project instead of improving upgrading the existing rail network which would benefit the passengers without spending an obscene amount of money.
Philip Griffiths UKIP North West President
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