HST

The Campaign to change the currently proposed route for High Speed Rail starts now…

Just days after winning the fight to cap quarrying in Staffordshire the areas around Lichfield and Tamworth are faced with an even greater threat in the form of HST or High Speed Train.

The proposed line runs from London north through the UK skirting Tamworth to the west and Lichfield to the east.

That means it it potentially affects the areas of, and around, Drayton Bassett, Hints, Swinfen, Packington, Canwell, Weeford and Whittington. Trains would simply pass through at up to 250mph not stopping anywhere around Lichfield or Tamworth and continue northwards.

The result will be more turmoil for local communities during construction and some of the most picturesque countryside in the Midlands changed for the worse for ever. 

In the first 24 hours after launching my e-mail update on HST for people living in the area I represent nearly 400 individuals registered. It will notify people who register of important HST news and, as the campaign moves forward, provide information and ensure awareness of key dates.

If you’d like email updates from me regarding the High Speed Train proposals please click here and complete the form putting HST in the SUBJECT and Where you Live in the MESSAGE.

It is vital that the areas and parish councils affected work together or at least allign approaches and efforts.

Our efforts must be coordinated to coincide with the Public Inquiry which is likely to happen towards the end of 2010 and into 2011.

You can read more here

You can contact me here

There is also an excellent community website at www.hs2actionalliance.org