Network Rail’s Enhancements Pipeline Debate
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Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
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Network Rail’s Enhancements Pipeline
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering Excerpts(4 years, 2 months ago)
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Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Con)
The noble Lord is wrong to extrapolate quite as far as he did. We have a relentless focus on controlling costs. He is right that there are some cost pressures from the preparatory works, but we remain confident that HS2 phase 1 can be built within the target cost of £40.3 billion.
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Con) [V]
My Lords, I welcome the improvements being made to King’s Cross Station, but does my noble friend accept that on any measure of cost-benefit analysis or impact assessment, HS3, now called Northern Powerhouse Rail, will deliver more in terms of economic benefits to the north of England and the levelling-up programme of this Government that I support? When will it be built?
Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Con)
The project to which my noble friend refers will be considered as part of the integrated rail plan. That will look at the delivery of high-speed rail alongside all other rail investments in the north and the Midlands.