Responding to ‘The Right Lines’ charter issued today by a coalition of charities and environmental groups, Professor David Begg, Director of the Campaign for High Speed Rail, said:
“The Campaign for High Speed Rail welcomes today’s charter from environmental groups, which is an important contribution to the consultation around HS2.
“It is significant that these groups recognise a high speed rail line would help offset carbon emissions from other less green forms of transport.
“Any large-scale transport project inevitably has positives as well as negatives. The government and HS2 Ltd must work together with public interest groups to minimise the environmental impact of the project in order to maximise the wealth of positive outcomes.”
