Greater Manchester calls for public inquiry into handling and axing of HS2 rail link
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA public inquiry into the Government's handling and axing of the HS2 rail route to Manchester should be held, transport leaders in Greater Manchester have agreed.
And a resolution has also been passed by councillors on an influential transport committee supporting calls for the land along the proposed route into and around the city to be protected from a 'fire sale'.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced the HS2 leg to Manchester would be cancelled at the Conservative Party conference held in Manchester earlier this month.
It means the high-speed railway line, currently being built between London and Birmingham, will not reach the North of England as initially planned. READ MORE: Man, 22, killed after 'disturbance' with hunt underway to find attackers READ MORE: CPS issues statement after coroner rules Yousef Makki was unlawfully killed Instead Mr Sunak announced 'Network North', which he claimed would improve connectivity in the region.
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