HS2 If it walks like a duck and it quacks, For me if its headed complaint, if it questions scales you will realise that is a quite broad the truth of your statements and, if you range of acceptable error. So broad that it it’s probably a duck
I’m rarely surprised by HS2 Ltd, admittedly treated it like a complaint, it’s probably a that's because I have low expectations, but complaint. they really got me this time. Post COVID-19 - The Business Case for HS2 In March I wrote to HS2 Ltd outlining our HS2 appears to be progressing without concern at how poorly they are meeting meeting the Business Case requirement of the noise assurances that they were forced the High Speed Rail Bill. The HS2 business to give at the petitioning stage. Further, we case is and always has been about as robust highlighted recent occasions where noise as a carrier bag full of custard. It’s swung from Speed to Capacity as the project's main data provided by HS2 Ltd was incorrect. drivers but now it seems to be based on “I The letter was headed…. Wendover Parish want a railway”. Dame Cheryl Gillian MP contacted the National Audit Office about Council - Noise Complaints the Business Case for HS2 which has not That they lost their response for 12 days isn’t been updated in the light of the Pandemic. unexpected. What was new and surprising is that while they have responded to the Noise Modelling - More Broken Promises complaint, they have decided that this isn’t/ We’re suspicious of the HS2 noise modelling wasn’t a complaint, it’s the WPC’s view software. The software is a hangover from apparently. I presume that this exercise in HS1 where its outputs were expected to new semantics will reduce the numbers of fall within a plus or minus 3dB range. If complaints and make someone look good. you understand the nature of logarithmic
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was deemed by Parliament to be in need of improvement. HS2 Ltd told Parliament that its noise modelling would be better than HS1’s. It’s not!
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