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News item - 2018-10-17

HS2 is coming to town - Transport Secretary Chris Grayling announces consultation on HS2 Phase 2b

 

The full transcript of the Transport Secretary's announcement can be found below.

You can find full details of the Consultation and the Working Draft Environmental Statement on the HS2 website here.

A non-technical summary for the local section of HS2 that will run from Tibshelf to Shuttlewood can be found on our website here.

HS2 are holding public information events in every community area affected by HS2 Phase 2b.  The events in our local area are as follows:

  • 2 Nov 2018, 2 - 8pm,   Trowell Parish Hall 
  • 3 Nov 2018, 12 - 5pm,  Holgate Academy Hucknall
  • 17 Nov 2018, 12 - 5pm, Bainbridge Hall, Bolsover
  • 20 Nov 2018, 2 - 8pm,  Newton Methodist Church 
  • 26 Nov 2018, 2 - 8pm,  North Wingfield Community Resource Centre

If you would like to get involved in crafting the Forum's response to the consultation, email: hs2@tssneighbourhoodplan.org

 

Announcement

On 10 October 2018 Transport Secretary, Chris Grayling, announced a consultation by HS2 Ltd on the working draft environmental statement for Phase 2b, which is a key part of preparing the future hybrid Bill to seek powers for its construction. The consultation will run for 10 weeks.

The working draft environmental statement gives those affected the chance to review and comment on initial assessments of the environmental impacts from HS2 Phase 2b. It shows the consolidated construction boundary, proposed construction methodologies at each site, construction and operational phase plans, environmental mitigation and land take to support important work such as habitat replacement, rail heads and construction traffic routes. Responses to consultation will allow HS2 Ltd to improve further its understanding of the impacts, risks and concerns that residents and businesses may have concerning the route. The consultation outcome will inform the design, mitigation and environmental impact assessment of Phase 2b ahead of the statutory environmental statement, which will be published as part of the hybrid Bill for Phase 2b.

The working draft environmental statement includes a non-technical summary; 28 community area reports; and a working draft equalities impact assessment which assesses the impact of the proposed Phase 2b scheme against the requirements of the public sector equality duty. To support the consultation, HS2 Ltd will be arranging 30 consultations events in the community areas along the Phase 2b route.

It is important to note that the working draft environmental statement is based on the Phase 2b route confirmed in summer 2017. A range of further potential local changes to the route, in particular to facilitate Northern Powerhouse Rail, are under development. Last year we provided £300 million to future proof HS2 for the proposed Northern Powerhouse Rail which is a major strategic rail programme designed to transform connectivity between the key economic centres of the north. I expect to consult on such changes separately next year. In particular, the working draft environmental statement shows an ‘HS2 only’ design for stations at Manchester Airport and Manchester Piccadilly. Transport for the North’s strategic business case for Northern Powerhouse Rail is due in late 2018 and we will consider how these designs could be modified to support future plans for Northern Powerhouse Rail.

In order to reflect changes to Parliamentary timetables after the 2017 General Election and lessons from the development of Phase One, and to allow Northern Powerhouse Rail interfaces to be properly explored for the Phase 2b hybrid Bill, I am updating the intended deposit date for the HS2Phase 2b hybrid Bill to mid-2020. The intended opening date for Phase 2b remains unchanged at 2033.