Sir John Armitt said the land ‘should be kept for at least two or three years’.
The Government’s independent adviser on infrastructure has called for a pause on the sale of land earmarked for the scrapped HS2 routes.
However in the wake of the Government’s decision, the Department for Transport said safeguarding will be lifted in Cheshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Yorkshire “at the earliest opportunity”, adding: “Any property that is no longer required for HS2 will be sold and a programme is being developed to do this.”
“I am disappointed because I think it’s what we often describe as a sort of knee-jerk, snap reaction.”
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