Opinion: Can HS2 be given a reboot, to put Phase 2 back on track?

Philip Haigh examines the National Audit Office report on HS2 costs, and considers what is required to reinstate the northern leg to Manchester.

“The government’s decision to cancel Phase 2 created uncertainties in a range of complex areas, particularly as HS2 Ltd and other rail organisations had not been involved with the decision.”

So says the National Audit Office, in its most recent report into High Speed 2.