Rail Minister Blasts ‘Arrogant’ HS2 over Crisis-Hit Flagship Project

Government’s response to concerns about trains is arrogance

It has been surprising to see the level of willingness of the Cook Labor Government to completely deny and dismiss genuine concerns raised by professional train drivers

Greg Smith: HS2 is still costing us billions, and has cost us, and this Government more than just money

Greg Smith is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Mid Buckinghamshire. HS2 is not a railway. It is a massive destructive building site, and it will seemingly remain that way well into the mid-2030s. This is an unacceptable situation for the British taxpayer and for all those affected along the Phase One line of route, including my Mid Buckinghamshire constituents. Meanwhile the senior civil servants who’ve overseen this failure walk away w…

Rail minister blasts ‘arrogant’ HS2 over crisis-hit flagship project

Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill said the flagship development has gone ‘badly wrong’.

‘Deception, lies and double-dealing’: Court ruling reveals plot over HS2 bid

A construction firm that thought it was “virtually certain” to win lucrative HS2 work was subjected to “deception and double-dealing” by its joint venture partner, a court judgement has revealed. Newark-based ABM Precast Solutions had its bid to work on the Green Tunnels project, with… The post ‘Deception, lies and double-dealing’: Court ruling reveals plot over HS2 bid appeared first on Construction News.

Lessons from HS2: when politicians agree, watch out

Nick Wood via FlickrHas there ever been a public procurement disaster like HS2? It even makes Gordon Brown’s work-creation pair of aircraft carriers (sorry, nothing left in the budget to fill them up with planes) look like a rational decision. Like them, HS2 started going wrong long before any actual construction took place. There were pretty lines on the map, and as with the carriers, it was blindingly obvious to many of us even then that HS2 w…