MPs Ed Miliband and Caroline Flint have backed Doncaster Council after they said HS2 had ‘deliberately attempted to underplay the impact’ of demolitions across the borough.
Doncaster Free Press writes:
The council was responding to the Working Draft Environmental Statement, a report compiled by rail chiefs on the loss of properties, jobs, businesses and woodland across the UK due to HS2. HS2 had claimed there would be 16 demolitions on the Shimmer estate in Mexborough but this has since tripled in number, much to the anger of councillors, the mayor and MPs.
In a joint letter to rail bosses, the MPs said HS2 had ‘severely eroded’ the trust of communities and added the current route was the wrong choice’ They also raise concerns about the affects on employment at Denaby and other communities such as Hickleton, Spotbrough, High Melton, Marr and Clayton.
