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Petition · past parliament

Ban HS2.

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

The Northern Relief road is proof nobody will use this expensive service. The Northern Relief road is Empty Daily, While the M6 Motorway traffic jams has never changed.
HS1 Is also Proof, that nobody has the money to use such expensive travel to save 30-60 Minutes of time.. Use the 33-90 Billion to improve existing Travel Networks.. And save peoples lives, Heritage, And natural historic green belts..

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Scrap HS2. Spend the money on existing infrastructure, trains and rolling stock

Timeline

10 Nov 2016 Petition opened for signatures
15 Nov 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 13
Status Rejected
Rejected 15 Nov 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.