Protests against HS2 have cost project more than 120 million pounds

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The various anti-HS2 protests have costs the railway project just shy of 122 million pounds (145,9 million euros), Minister of State at the Department for Transport Andrew Stephenson said in Parliament earlier this month.

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Protests against HS2 have cost project more than 120 million pounds

Image: Wikimedia, Geograph.org.uk/Julian Osley

The various anti-HS2 protests have costs the railway project just shy of 122 million pounds (145,9 million euros), Minister of State at the Department for Transport Andrew Stephenson said in Parliament earlier this month.

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