Can a sustainability plan get HS2 back on track?

Will Nichols
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Agency HS2 Ltd hopes wide-ranging sustainability plan will help make the case for the controversial high-speed rail project

An awful lot has been written about HS2 - not to mention shouted across protest lines, Parliamentary dispatch boxes, and even dinner tables. The high-speed rail link between London and Birmingham, and...

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