Lord Adonis, the Labour shadow infrastructure minister, has called for the planned £42.6bn HS2 link to be delivered in one phase rather than two so that the north of the UK sees the economic benefits of the line more quickly. Speaking at the launch of the Institution of Civil Engineers' (ICE) State of the Nation report, former transport secretary Lord Adonis, seen as the architect behind the scheme, said: "At the moment we have a huge technical bill going through parliament, and then we will have another one for the second phase, but there's no need to break the project in two, it can be integrated in to one project. This requires urgent attention, but could be achieved by ministers in a matter of weeks."
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