Another ‘angle’ on High Speed 2

By localise2, on March 21st, 2011%

George Morran, LWM’s vice-chair, looks at the economic and political issues raised by High Speed 2:  

Economically the proposal is based on the premise that our economic future has to be dependent on London and competitive advantage in a globalised economy driven by credit. 

This is the global model of economic development which has . . . → Read More: Another ‘angle’ on High Speed 2

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Today the forests, tomorrow high speed rail 2?

By localise2, on February 17th, 2011%

Some of the negative trends reported in the manufacturing and resources section of LWM’s overview, Extending Localisation, focus on transport: 

The region has over many years lost the capacity to service its own needs. For example there is a huge investment required to modernise the region’s public transport especially rail based infrastructure. Previously the . . . → Read More: Today the forests, tomorrow high speed rail 2?

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