HS2 rail line will affect 1,452 homes in Warrington – a third of the total for the country

A TOTAL of 1,452 houses in Warrington would be affected by the controversial HS2 railway line, a councillor has warned.
Bearing in mind, that the total number of houses affected along the whole route of the high speed railway is 4,750, more than 30 per cent of houses affected are in the Warrington area, says Cllr Paul Campbell.
The Culcheth and Glazebury parish councillor (pictured), who is also Conservative Parliamentary spokesman for Warrington North, said: “Nearly one in three of all the houses affected in the whole country are in Warrington.
“This impact would be devastating not just for the loss of jobs and the reduction in value of property prices but the immense damage it will inflict on the whole community.
“The proposed route will bring no benefit to the people of Warrington and this proposal as it stands cannot be supported.”
I continue to support the campaigns of local groups such as CADRAG in challenging this proposed route and calling on our MPs, the Transport Minister and HS2 to listen to the residents and move the route to the current West Coast Mainline, upgrading the line, and with services stopping in Warrington. This would be easier and cheaper to do with little effect on the people of Warrington whilst providing HS2 with the route it needs, and at the same time bringing all the economic benefits to Warrington that HS2 was set up to do.’
Most of the environmental damaged caused by HS2 would be in the Culcheth and Rixton areas, although the line would also skirt Lymm.