I am ending this long running saga. I am cancelling the rest of the h52 project. And in its place. And in its place, we will reinvest every single penny, £36 billion, in hundreds of new Transport Projects in the north and the midlands, across the country. This means £36 billion of investment in the projects that will make a real difference across our nation. Applause ijust want to remind you exactly what hs2 actually is. Its a High Speed Railway which is what the Hs Stands For and it was touted as the uks biggest infrastructure project, aiming to transform public transport between london, the midlands and the north. The first part, between west london and birmingham, is already under construction and will be completed. But the length stretching further north from birmingham to manchester has now been officially scrapped. A separate leg from nottingham to leeds had already been canned. The last official estimate on hs2 costs, excluding the cancelled section, added up to about £71 bil
Ahead of a general election expected next year. Heres some of his speech i am ending this long running saga. I am cancelling the rest of the h52 project. And in its place. Applause. And in its place, we will reinvest every single penny, £36 billion, in hundreds of new Transport Projects in the north and the midlands, across the country. This means £36 billion of investment in the projects that will make a real difference across our nation. Applause ijust want to remind you exactly what hs2 actually is. Its a High Speed Railway which is what the Hs Stands For and it was touted as the uks biggest infrastructure project, aiming to transform public transport between london, the midlands and the north. The first part, between west london and birmingham in blue is already under construction and will be completed. But the length in red, stretching further north from birmingham to manchester, has now been officially scrapped. A separate eastern leg to leeds marked here in purple had already
years the church and its members have spent a combined $103 million. they now control 185 properties over 101 acres downtown where the church s spiritual headquarters have been located. as the newspaper puts it, they now own most commercial properties on every block within walking distance of the waterfront, putting them clearly in color of the area s future. here is all that s left of what the church doesn t own. this is after a standoff about warring redevelopment projects. many of the properties weren t on the market, and the paper found that half the sales were for more than double the property s appraised value. in six cases buyers paid quadruple the plot s value. all of this took place without city leaders mostly realizing if, before the newspaper s reporting. joining mess is mike runner, raised a scientologist, served