HS2 protests to rise as backing falls?

摘要

Friday 4 September marked the start of main works on the HS2 rail megaproject- a symbolic moment given the scale of endeavours to date. It is not every project where the installation of 2,750-tonne bridge - the first permanent structure, moved into position in early August - might be brushed aside as preparatory work. Almost everything about HS2 is huge, as you would expect from Europe's largest infrastructure project. New jobs promised by HS2, for example, number 22,000.A small army.