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Lord Heseltine: HS2 can 'regenerate' areas

12 November 2013

Lord Heseltine has come out fighting in favour of the HS2 high speed rail project. In a speech on Tuesday, the former Conservative Cabinet minister said supporting HS2 is as much an act of faith as a reliance on figures, and the UK ''must consider carefully the cost of not acting'' over HS2. Professor Henry Overman, a former member of the HS2 analytical challenge panel, believes ''on the balance of the evidence we've got available to us, HS2 remains not particularly good value for money compared to other transport projects.''

The interview was broadcast on BBC Radio 2's Today Programme on November 12, 2013
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Related publications
HS2: assessing the costs and benefits, Henry Overman. Article in CentrePiece Volume 16, Issue 3, Winter 2012

Related links
Henry Overman webpage
Globalisation Programme webpage
SERC website

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