Government backs key proposals to speed up £43bn HS2 project

摘要

The government has backed a series of proposals by HS2 chair Sir David Higgins to speed up the construction and reduce the cost of the £43bn HS2 rail line. Transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin backed Higgins' proposal, outlined in his report on HS2 published this week, to ditch plans for a £700m link at Euston between HS2 and HS1 - the high-speed rail line from King's Cross to the Channel tunnel - and supported the major redevelopment of Euston station, including the rebuilding of the demolished Euston Arch.