Stakeholders and Consultation

From the start of the work in January 2009, HS2 placed significant importance on working collaboratively with stakeholders. We recognised the wide range of stakeholders with interests in the project and the valuable contribution they could make to our work. As well as forming external challenge groups we have also established stakeholder groups to inform our work on: the line of route: stations locations: maintenance and stabling issues: national interests and industry issues. We also met with location specific groups for London to the West Midlands plus longer term strategy groups for the North of England and Scotland. In addition, we also held many meetings either bilaterally or in small groups with stakeholders outside these formal groups.

Should plans for a new high speed rail be taken forward, the Government has indicated our report will be published by the end of March 2010. It is likely a public consultation will be held in the Autumn which will give everyone with an interest the opportunity to submit their views formally.

In order to communicate general progress on HS2 to a wide audience we produced a number of stakeholder newsletters. If you would like to be added to the newsletter distribution list for 2010 please register your interest here .