Quote Originally Posted by donsdaft View Post

As for HS2, if they had ever been serious then they should have started it in Leeds/ Manchester and worked their way south.
On paper it was a vote winner in a lot of the areas it was supposed to run through, with the promise of well paid jobs and the usual pish that goes with Government projects.

A project like HS2 was always going to spunk money. The money spent before the first bit of building was carried out was eye watering.