Hammond confirms HS2 route

摘要

In an oral statement given to the House of Commons on December 20, Transport Secretary Philip Hammond confirmed that - with a few adjustments to mitigate local impacts - the alignmet selected by HS2 Ltd for a new high-speed line between London and the West Midlands (RB1362 p8) had been adopted by the government. At the strategic level, he announced two important additions to the project. The first is a branch to Heathrow Airport, expected to leave HS2 where crosses over the M25 in the Colne Valley and run on the surface alongside the motorway to the airport.