Campaigners are planning a new protest highlighting the damage they say is being caused by work on the HS2 route near Lichfield.
Lichfield’s MP says he is “reassured” by confirmation that commuters will still be able to access high speed services on the West Coast Main Line once HS2 is built.
More than 260 metres of hedgerow could be removed from farmland near Lichfield as a result of the HS2 development.
Campaigners have staged another protest against the environmental impact of HS2 in Lichfield.
Campaigners say they will return to Lichfield in order to keep up the fight to protect trees being cut down to make way for HS2.
Protesters say they won’t stay silent while trees are chopped down in Lichfield to make way for HS2.
Campaigners say changes to the way people work as a result of the coronavirus crisis has destroyed the business case for HS2.
Plans for a quarry to support HS2 on land near Lichfield have been criticised by the area’s MP.
Plans have been submitted for a site near Lichfield to be used to provide sand and gravel for the construction of HS2.
Campaigners have branded the decision to issue the green light for work on HS2 as “shamelessly opportunistic”.
Lichfield’s MP has added his voice to criticism of HS2 Ltd over plans for work on areas of ancient woodland.
