HS2 update MARCH UPDATE. We’ve been busy over the last month as the campaign continues, HS2 works start to make themselves felt in our community and questions and complaints mount up. MP. We’ve had a meeting with Rob Butler MP. Rob will continue to ask questions of the minister for us. The Minister, Andrew Stephenson, has, in a written response to Rob, indicated that communities are to be consulted on HS2 S17 planning issues. Buckinghamshire Council (BC), the Local Planning Authority (LPA) have instructed Parish Councils that they will not be considered as Statutory Consultees in the S17 process. Rob will investigate this divergence between the LPA and The Minister on S17 planning consultation. Rob has also indicated that he will work with us and with BC, to develop a culture within the HS2 contractors group to ensure that mitigation comes first. This results from the
appalling delay in arranging satisfactory safety vehicle numbers on roads will be much and mitigation measures at Bowood Lane. higher than in the Environmental Statement (ES). Increased vehicle movements and LORDS. We’ve also met with both Lord insufficient mitigation must mean that Berkeley and Lord Randell. Tony Berkeley locations flagged as “significant adverse continues to question government on effect” in the ES will experience worse traffic our behalf. John Randell has long been a conditions than indicated previously. BC are supporter of our campaign for a tunnel and currently evaluating this TMP. he shares our concerns about the potential MEETINGS. A number of meetings have damage to chalk streams and the aquifer. been held with neighbouring parishes to share information on issues that overlap our INFORMATION. We have received official boundaries; issues like road congestion, road HS2 reports on the geology of the line past safety and flooding. These have resulted Wendover confirming that tunnelling is in the sharing of information and I don’t pretty straightforward past Wendover and doubt they will continue to gain value as that our tunnel design suits the conditions. construction commences. You may ask why the Minister still maintains the opinion that it’s all too difficult. AONB. The Chilterns Conservation Board have written a report on HS2 in the Chilterns. A draft Transport Management Plan (TMP) The report shows HS2 to be far from the for HS2 construction is going the rounds. It “Good Neighbours” that they claim to be. You absolutely fails to adopt any of the mitigation can read it here... www.wendover-pc.gov.uk/ that we asked for at the petitioning stage. It post/area-of-neighbourly-behaviour-hs2 appears to show that construction generated Tom Walsh
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