Baker rebuts HS2 critics

摘要

Transport Minister Norman Baker took to the airwaves on August 27 to defend HS2 following high-profile criticism from the Institute of Economic Affairs and the Institute of Directors. 'HS2 is absolutely essential for capacity reasons', he told BBC Radio 4's You and Yours programme. 'Over the last 15 years long-distance rail travel has doubled to 120 million journeys a year.'