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‘Special interest groups sustaining HS2 plans’

06 September 2013
 

High-speed 2 provides a perfect illustration of why decisions about new transport infrastructure should be taken by the market rather than politicians, says right-leaning think-tank the Institute of Economic Affairs.

Report author Richard Wellings says engineering firms who stand to win contracts on the project and local authorities who want stations built in their areas have been instrumental in developing support for the line.

But he says the economic case for the line is poor and warns that...

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Hertfordshire County Council
Stevenage
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Hertfordshire County Council
Stevenage
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