HS2: Could the pandemic kill off the rail project?
Covid-19 has intensified the debate among environmental groups about the benefits of the project. …
“All big infrastructure projects attract protestors because railways have to go somewhere. In the case of railways and HS2, there are fewer protestors than you would normally get with big infrastructure projects like Heathrow or bypasses, let alone nuclear installations. And that’s because the green movement itself is divided on railways, a lot of greens are pro rail.”