Main Points:
A new high speed rail network would transform the UK's economic geography.
This railway (HS2) that connects all major cities including Heathrow Airport would cost £32 billion to construct and would generate wider benefits of £44 billion as well as revenues totalling a further £27 billion.
Benefits of the HS2:
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A new high speed rail network would transform the UK's economic geography.
- It could bring cities closer
- Enable businesses to operate more productively
- Support employment and regeneration
- Provide a genuine alternative to domestic aviation
- Create a platform for sustainable economic growth and prosperity
This railway (HS2) that connects all major cities including Heathrow Airport would cost £32 billion to construct and would generate wider benefits of £44 billion as well as revenues totalling a further £27 billion.
Benefits of the HS2:
- Slash Journey times
- Deliver a huge increase in capacity to meet rising demand and ease over crowding
- Would enable the UK's key urban centres to attract new businesses and directly access the eocnomic strength of London and the South East
- Create 40,000 Jobs
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- http://www.go-hs2.com/BenefitsOfHS2/BenefitsOfHS2.aspx
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