Date: 25/09/2023

The mayor of Greater Manchester has urged ministers to talk to leaders in the north of England before scrapping HS2 and leaving it with Victorian infrastructure for the rest of the century. Andy Burnham said he and the leader of Manchester city council, Bev Craig, would be writing to Rishi Sunak to say that while a re-phasing of the rail project may be possible, cancelling the section to Manchester would create a north-south chasm.

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Andy Burnham: scrapping HS2 would be disaster for north of England

The Guardian

Greater Manchester mayor urges Rishi Sunak to listen to leaders in north before making decision on high-speed rail project

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