HS2 to Leeds will go ahead and could be built ‘dramatically’ ahead of schedule

By Tom Lowe2021-05-28T08:54:00

Source: Align JV/Grimshaw

Transport secretary Grant Shapps quashes fears that north-eastern section of line could be scrapped

HS2’s northern leg to Leeds will go ahead and could be built “dramatically” ahead of schedule, the government has said.

Transport secretary Grant Shapps allayed doubts about the line to Leeds yesterday and said the section of the £106bn line from Birmingham to the North-east could even be brought forward by “building it in a smarter way”.

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