classic33
Well-Known Member
Would now be a good time to stop any further work on this?
There's fewer that will be commuting to work. Due to more working from home. People don't appear to be as willing to use the rail network. Any return on building it will take longer to be realised. Costs are rising, again.
The end of last year saw 1,600 cubic metres of Bentnoite, from one of it's construction sites. Network Rail say it is "highly polluting" in liquid form and a danger to the environment.
Water PH has been raised in the area of the loss, which may mean extra work will have to be done on drinking water supplies. At cost to who, and will it be only monetary.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/sep/10/hs2-potentially-highly-polluting-bentonite
The fall in rail passenger traffic may be behind the increase in vehicle traffic around the various London construction sites.
There's talk of downscaling parts of the southern end of the project.
https://www.newcivilengineer.com/la...sues-at-euston-and-old-oak-common-10-09-2021/
There's suggestions being made that parts of the project should be mothballed. Possibly integrating it into existing upgrades. Decision may be made in the next few weeks.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/hs2-pressure-grows-to-stay-the-course-for-eastern-leg-q68k2q50v
When completed the journey time, Leeds to London, was expected to be cut by a full 30 minutes. With work on the new platforms at Leeds has carried on, at the opposite side of the station from the entrance built for the new service. Where new track and new platforms were built for the now finished entrance.
Should a halt now be called to any further work for this project. Will passenger numbers return to the levels of two years ago(I don't think they will) which was the last time these numbers were reviewed.
There's fewer that will be commuting to work. Due to more working from home. People don't appear to be as willing to use the rail network. Any return on building it will take longer to be realised. Costs are rising, again.
The end of last year saw 1,600 cubic metres of Bentnoite, from one of it's construction sites. Network Rail say it is "highly polluting" in liquid form and a danger to the environment.
Water PH has been raised in the area of the loss, which may mean extra work will have to be done on drinking water supplies. At cost to who, and will it be only monetary.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/sep/10/hs2-potentially-highly-polluting-bentonite
The fall in rail passenger traffic may be behind the increase in vehicle traffic around the various London construction sites.
There's talk of downscaling parts of the southern end of the project.
https://www.newcivilengineer.com/la...sues-at-euston-and-old-oak-common-10-09-2021/
There's suggestions being made that parts of the project should be mothballed. Possibly integrating it into existing upgrades. Decision may be made in the next few weeks.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/hs2-pressure-grows-to-stay-the-course-for-eastern-leg-q68k2q50v
When completed the journey time, Leeds to London, was expected to be cut by a full 30 minutes. With work on the new platforms at Leeds has carried on, at the opposite side of the station from the entrance built for the new service. Where new track and new platforms were built for the now finished entrance.
Should a halt now be called to any further work for this project. Will passenger numbers return to the levels of two years ago(I don't think they will) which was the last time these numbers were reviewed.