Some reports suggest costs have now surpassed £100 billion.
The prime minister is likely to make a decision about whether to go ahead with the Manchester toChancellor Jeremy Hunt has suggested the scheme is ‘out of control’, and former transport secretaryBut the possible scrapping has drawn criticism from former prime ministers David Cameron and Boris Johnson, mayors of London and Greater Manchester, Sadiq Khan and Andy Burnham, and some business leaders.
A project for a high-speed rail line linking some of the country’s largest cities, intended to connect London, the Midlands and the north of England, with construction split into three phases. Gordon Brown’s Labour government set up HS2 Ltd in 2009 and the project has been backed by successive Conservative governments since 2010.
This was the original planned HS2 route in three phases – but now the Manchester to Birmingham leg could be scrapped In 2020, then PM Mr Johnson recommitted his Government to the scheme following a review. It follows HS1, which links St Pancras International in London to the Channel Tunnel and connects with Eurostar routes to Paris and Brussels.In 2013, HS2 was estimated to cost £37.5 billion in 2009 prices but the sums have continued to spiral.
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