High Speed 2 Railway Line: North of England
(asked on 2nd December 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of delays to High Speed Two on Northern Powerhouse Rail.
This question was answered on 7th December 2020
The Department for Transport and Transport for the North are continuing to make good progress in developing a revised Strategic Outline Case for Northern Powerhouse Rail, which is due to be submitted in 2021 as planned. The Integrated Rail Plan for the Midlands and the North will consider the scoping and sequencing of HS2 alongside other major rail investment, including NPR, to ensure transformational rail improvements are delivered as quickly as possible.