An action group has been formed in the village to coordinate our response to the HS2 proposal If anyone wishes to join this action committee or to be placed on the circulation list for information that it produces, please contact it via the action group chair, Mike Geddes – mikegeddes43@gmail.com – or the Secretary, Sarah Moreton – sewmoreton1@hotmail.co.uk.
The following links go to HS2 Ltd/Government sites, to action groups opposing HS2, and provide the basic information about the route.
High Speed 2 route through Offchurch (pdf file)
Rest of HS2 route
Government sites:
Department for Transport page on High Speed Rail
A key source for challenges to HS2 is the Action Alliance of local action groups – www.hs2actionalliance.org – contains news, documents and contacts.
An independent critique of HS2 can be viewed at http://www.bluespacethinking.com/ Look at the document on UK Transport Policy – High Speed Rail.
This presentation by the Chilterns Conservation Board has some photos showing what the railway would look like. Go to http://www.chilternsaonb.org/hs2/ and look at the item dated 17/05/10.