HS2 Sheffield: updates as eastern leg of high-speed rail route scrapped
The Star team brings you updates and reaction following the news that the East Midlands-Leeds HS2 high-speed line would not be built.
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Rother Valley’s MP has welcomed the news that the Eastern leg has been scrapped whereas Sheffield Central MP Paul Blomfield said it was the latest ‘major let down’.
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HS2 scrapped: Sheffield and Yorkshire stakeholders react
Key Events
- MP Paul Blomfield condemns ‘Broken promises and empty words on transport'
- Rother Valley MP Alexander Stafford praises the plans to scrap HS2 Eastern leg
- Aston residents express relief after construction plans halted
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