Responding to reports that phase two of HS2 may be scrapped, Muniya Barua, Deputy Chief Executive at BusinessLDN, said:
“It is unthinkable that the UK would build a new north-south railway and stop halfway. As with the delay to Euston, pausing or pulling funding from the northern leg will only add cost in the long-run. The railway needs to be built and the longer we leave it the more expensive it will be. With shovels in the ground, ministers should put an end to the political prevarication that risks depriving communities and businesses of the benefits that HS2 should bring. The long-term economic interests of the UK should outweigh short-term political targets.”