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HS2 will make little difference to North-South divide, says economist

High-Speed Rail

Andrew Forster
01 July 2011
Mackie: transport benefits are central to business case
Mackie: transport benefits are central to business case

 

A London-North of England high-speed rail line is unlikely to narrow the North-South economic divide – contrary to the claims of Government and other scheme supporters – one of the country’s leading transport economists has told MPs.

“High Speed 2 is rather unlikely to make much difference to the North-South divide. A spatial analysis would probably show London to be the main benefitting region,” says Peter Mackie, research professor at the Institute for Transport...

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