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Or we could behave like China and just demolish homes without legal recourse. In 50 years, very, very few people will complain about it. Even in Kent now, aft
by DrBazza 6y ago
Or we could behave like China and just demolish homes without legal recourse. In 50 years, very, very few people will complain about it.
Even in Kent now, after HS1 has been around for 10 years, you'll be hard pressed to find anyone that complains about it.
It's also added £300m to Kent's economy over the last decade, and the bulk of that has been in the last 5 years as traffic has ramped up.
[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/09/13/hs1-provides-300m-boost-kent-economy-first-decade-service/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/09/13/hs1-provides...]
- cameronbrown 6y agoBeing serious?
- DrBazza 6y agoNo. But I would like it if, for national infrastructure projects the UK would be a bit more assertive. China's approach is too far the other way. And being able to build hundreds of miles of high speed lines for single-digit billions of pounds/dollars tells you everything about wages, and compensation for home owners on the route.
- iso1631 6y agoI've seen some complaints about HS1, but not from people in Kent - just from NIMBYs in Buckinghamshire saying "HS1 was rubbish and nobody uses it and everyone uses it to go to London every dy so the towns it serves are now run down ghost towns"