Say No to HS2
The Greens support rail travel in principle because it should improve Britain’s transport system, reduce road and air traffic and help cut carbon emissions.
HS2, however, does too much damage to local communities and to the environment and it is too pricey. To achieve high speeds the trains are expected to use up to 50% more fuel than Eurostar so carbon emissions will not be reduced.
The enormous sums involved (estimated 100 billion and rising) could be better spent improving transport for everybody, not just the wealthy business people who will be able to afford to use HS2.
HS2 is not a green solution. That money needs to be spent instead on increasing rail capacity by adding more track to existing routes and by upgrading freight-only routes for passenger use too.
At the same time, we need wider-ranging policies designed to reduce the need for long-distance travel, while integrating local public transport systems (for example, as has actually happened to good effect in London over the last 15 years) and continuing to make streets safer for cyclists and pedestrians.
HS2 News
Stop HS2 Protestors at the Green Party protest for the right to protest at Westminster
Sarah Green and Mark Keir took their Water is Life / Stop HS2 banner to the right to protest demo at Westminster on 12th January. See here for the video […]
HS2 confirms they are carrying out illegal works to our drinking water
HS2 effectively admits that works are taking place which require additional purification processes […]
Halt Hs2 Parliamentary Debate – Monday 13th September 2021
The Commons Debate on HS2 is being held on Monday 13 September starting at 6 pm. A Minister has to reply. The wording of the Petition which received 155,000 signatures […]
Hillingdon Green Party letter to Environment Agency Chief Executive
Yesterday 7th July 21 Hillingdon Green party wrote to Sir James Bevan the Chief Executive of the Environment Agency stating our dismay that the Colne Valley Viaduct is being built through the Drinking Water Safeguarded Areas of the Colne Valley in Hillingdon […]
HS2 tunnelling comes with risks to water supply
We are linking a news article from www.building.co.uk here. In it it states there was “real nervousness” on the part of one local water supplier, Affinity Water, and the Environment […]
HS2 Lose Freedom of Information case
On the 4 March 2021, HS2 lost a Freedom of Information court case put forward by Coordinator of Hillingdon Green Party […]
HS2 loses court case
HS2 loses court case on Hillingdon water quality […]
Drinking water quality threatened by HS2 Colne valley construction
Hillingdon Green party believes that 2 proposed major HS2 planning applications threaten the quality of the daily drinking water to 1.3 million people. […]
HS2: Why Greens Oppose
HS2: Why Green oppose […]
Camden Council stands up to HS2
‘HS2 is Frankenstein’s monster’: Councillors slam ‘unacceptable’ disruption to Camden residents […]