paulfromcamden
Baffled
Well, apparently it was a good idea to build a whole new network of transport infrastructure to get people to go where they need to be going a tad more conveniently but I get the impression that not a lot of people really thought it through all that well.
Governments. Couldn't organise the proverbial.
You're looking at it the wrong way. The way HS2 is being run makes no sense if you wanted to deliver a useful, good value infrastructure project with minimal environmental impact. On the other hand if you wanted to design a project to shovel £billions of public funds into the pockets of Tory donors...