Strategic Challenge Panel
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07/12/2009
The Strategic Panel provides strategic challenge and an independent perspective on how HS2 develops proposals for a new railway line from London to the West Midlands and potentially beyond. It also scrutinises the proposal themselves and their fit with the strategic objectives.
In particular, the panel will provide views on:
- HS2’s overall approach – from option generation to stakeholder involvement - to ensure it is fit for purpose and will ultimately deliver results that are sufficiently robust and comprehensive;
- whether all relevant factors, including wider economic impacts, are being taken into account in our sifting and appraisal methodologies to ensure that the outputs are reliable and take account of the wider costs and benefits;
- whether the option selection process is both sensible and publicly defensible;
- whether the proposals generated are appropriate solutions to our strategic objectives;
- HS2’s assessment of corridors for potential development of a high speed line.
Expert Panel Members:
- Kate Barker CBE – Monetary Policy Committee Member, Bank of England
- Prof. David Begg – Chair of the Northern Way Transport Compact
- Richard Brown CBE – Chief Executive, Eurostar
- Tony Collins – Chief Executive, Virgin Trains
- Iain Coucher – Chief Executive, Network Rail
- Stephen Joseph OBE – Executive Director, Campaign for Better Transport
- David Leeder – Vice Chair, Commission for Integrated Transport
- Sir Michael Lyons – Chairman of the BBC Trust
- Anthony Smith – Chief Executive, Passenger Focus
- Tony Travers – Director, Greater London Group, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
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