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Greater Manchester calls for public inquiry into handling and axing of HS2 rail link
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A 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.
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Instead Mr Sunak announced 'Network North', which he claimed would improve connectivity in the region. Under the plan, the £36 billion that would have been invested on HS2 will now be spent on 'hundreds' of new transport projects in the north and elsewhere of the country, although detail so far has been scant.
But swathes of land earmarked for the HS2 routes now scrapped, including the link to Manchester, will not be protected for potential future expansion of the railway, the Department for Transport went on to confirm. It means any new Government would struggle to revive the plans after next year's general election.
The newly-formed Bee Network Committee has replaced the former Greater Manchester Transport Committee. Vice-chair councillor Eamonn O'Brien, the leader of Bury Council, said the committee would be 'demanding answers' from Government.
He said: "The protection of the
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