HS2 Phase 2a Consultation - Latest update

A response to Lord Rosser tabled Written Parliamentary Questions to the Government on the HS2 consultation.

On the question of when the report will be published;

“The report of the consultation required under section 60 of the High-Speed Rail (West Midlands-Crewe) Act 2021 will be published before the 1 May 2021. The consultation ran from 1 February 2021 to 26 February 2021. The analysis of consultation responses is currently taking place.”

On the question of how many responses were received;

“There have been 499 responses to the consultation required under section 60 of the High-Speed Rail (West Midlands-Crewe) Act 2021. The coding and analysis of consultation responses is ongoing by an independent organisation, Ipsos MORI, so we are unable to provide exact figures for the number of responses which mention specific areas or themes at this time. The initial findings are that around 80 responses have mentioned Woore.”

With nearly 1 in 6 responses mentioning Woore, this is a superb response and Woore Parish Council would like to thank all those that took part. We are also pleased to share that our friends and neighbours at Aldersey’s Rough also submitted approximately 30 responses.