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Lorely Burt MPWorking hard for Solihull |
HS2 will be a huge boost to West Midlands - Burt
January 11, 2012 3:03 PM
Solihull MP Lorely Burt has welcomed the Government announcement that High Speed Rail Link between London and Birmingham will go ahead.
Lorely Burt has welcomed the Government investment in our train services
The link, named 'HS2', will reduce journey times from London to Birmingham to 49 minutes and will bring around £29bn of economic benefit.
Commenting, Mrs Burt said:
"This is excellent news. The Liberal Democrats were the first party to call for the high speed rail link - as far back as 2004. It will make life easier for passengers and bring huge benefits to the country as a whole, generating economic growth and creating jobs.
"The rest of the world are literally speeding ahead when it comes to high-speed rail and we are playing catch up. This investment will provide jobs and growth for the West Midlands and will make it a more attractive place to do business.
"It is obviously important that we keep a keen eye on the physical impacts of the project to ensure that we keep any environmental changes to our area to a minimum, but I believe the plans as they stand do that.
"This project will also improve connections further north and up to Scotland, so it is important that the Government starts planning for the next phases soon.
"HS2 promises to bring future economic trade and prosperity and even this first stage will go a long way to solving the north/south divide."
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