The U.K. Transportation Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has accepted new recommendations to accelerate construction of the country’s second high speed railroad. Among other changes to the estimated $83-billion, two-phase HS2 project to win government support is an entirely new grand terminus at Euston, in London.
McLoughlin’s decision endorses key recommendations in the March 17 review by David Higgins, the new chairman of the project company High Speed 2 Ltd., (HS2Ltd.). Higgins’s appointment followed his widely acclaimed leadership of the infrastructure and venue programme for the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympics Games.