Wendover HS2 Mitigation Action Group

Doing what's right for Wendover - mitigating against noise, water, traffic, environmental & community damage caused by HS2

[Wendover HS2 Mitigation Action Group @wendoverhs2]

More traffic problems have arisen recently as the A413 has seen partial road closures and/or traffic control measures put in place. #wecandobetter

https://t.co/zZ6oPKtHXW

[Wendover HS2 Mitigation Action Group @wendoverhs2]

Decisions to expand the HS2 line beyond Crewe has led to the public planning multiple protests as the extension bill is being presented to parliament according to a report from the Guardian earlier this week. #mitigation
https://t.co/QRPfm0Y6sf

[Wendover HS2 Mitigation Action Group @wendoverhs2]

We have officially set up a GoFundMe page in order to find the best possible #mitigation from the HS2 plan. We are aiming to raise £5,000 and any donation is welcome as we are extremely passionate about making sure that #wecandobetter

https://t.co/xKXaHupoCf

[Wendover HS2 Mitigation Action Group @wendoverhs2]

One of the major problems that HS2 has brought along is its contradictions with the Rights of Way Act of 2000. There have been parts of the proposed route, especially around the Chilterns, where the line cuts directly through these paths, rendering them unusable. #wecandobetter

[Wendover HS2 Mitigation Action Group @wendoverhs2]

A heartbreaking yet very real problem that we are having when it comes to climate change, something which HS2 is doing nothing to help. #whs2 #mitigation #climatechange

[XR Cambridge @xr_cambridge]

Let's check on climate action in the 2 weeks since COP.

UK: climate protestors jailed for 6 months
Australia: 12 month jail, no parole for a climate protestor
Canada: armed troops enforce a pipeline on Indigenous land

Fossil projects cancelled in these countries since COP: 0

[Wendover HS2 Mitigation Action Group @wendoverhs2]

Very good point raised here. You can't go around claiming that HS2 will be the answer to problems we have now when it won't even be open for another two decades. #whs2 #wecandobetter

[MCheshireAgainstHS2 @mcahs2]

"we need HS2 so we can get more capacity on local lines"
Even if true
#HS2 opens in the 2040s. It's dominating money and resource.

Young adults will be middle aged, the middle aged will be retired.

Not an answer for what is needed now. Not an answer to the climate crisis.

[Wendover HS2 Mitigation Action Group @wendoverhs2]

The constraints that have HS2 have been put under are not only limited to around the Buckinghamshire area but also at HS2's London terminus at Euston with geographical, environmental, and noise problems all arising in the area. #wecandobetter

https://t.co/jpFL22BRdF

[The Telegraph @Telegraph]

"The escalation of the cross-Channel traffic strikes at the heart of what post-Brexit Britain was meant to to deliver – taking back control" https://t.co/nCU7NvFj4Q

[Wendover HS2 Mitigation Action Group @wendoverhs2]

Thanks @WendoverParish for your decision to match-fund our 'plan b' to help stop the incessant noise which the trains will affect over 1000+ houses near the line we will do our best to get this mitigation solution sorted for Wendover

[Wendover HS2 Mitigation Action Group @wendoverhs2]

thanks for your support Steve difficult times re: HS2

[Wendover HS2 Mitigation Action Group @wendoverhs2]

This report form the BBC from last week shows how the government's indecision on how the HS2 line is to go ahead with regards to the route.

https://t.co/kUXIBqOAQT

[Wendover HS2 Mitigation Action Group @wendoverhs2]

We understand that the demolition of the Ellesborough cottages is now scheduled for the end of November following disconnection of the utilities. It’s heart breaking to see this starting and the scale of the cutting works is about to become much clearer to everyone.

[Wendover HS2 Mitigation Action Group @wendoverhs2]

WN report - 'Traffic appeal overturned'

The recent appeal to stop the proposed lorry route to the 'Green Tunnel North Portal Compound' was denied recently due to rule bending from inspectors to the benefit of HS2, now allowing up 536 LGV's passing through the area a day.

[Wendover HS2 Mitigation Action Group @wendoverhs2]

We have just got this notice concerning overnight closures to the A413 around Little Missenden. As the A413 is such a major road for a lot of communities around Buckinghamshire, even overnight closures will be cause for concern for those being affected.

[Wendover HS2 Mitigation Action Group @wendoverhs2]

Here is another article on the evictions from The Guardian:

https://t.co/MaZTvY6DWq

[Wendover HS2 Mitigation Action Group @wendoverhs2]

This heart-breaking article from the Bucks Free Press from earlier today is only one of a growing list of articles concerning protests against the HS2 line. Worth the read.

https://t.co/VvqIvfNkP3

[Wendover HS2 Mitigation Action Group @wendoverhs2]

One of the biggest and most consistent complaints about HS2 has been the noise pollution put out by both the construction and operations of the line, particularly when it comes to more rural places such as Wendover.

https://t.co/hkUVC0KjbN

[Wendover HS2 Mitigation Action Group @wendoverhs2]

I've #justsponsored 11 Ducks and a Dragon, who's fundraising for Women v Cancer London to Brighton on @JustGiving. Donate now https://t.co/KAMmlnjPWR

[Wendover HS2 Mitigation Action Group @wendoverhs2]

'HS2: Rising costs could push bill over £98bn, MPs warn'

This article produced by The Times last week is a really good insight on the recent financial costings of HS2 and how it has rapidly escalated at a concerning level since the line's first proposal

https://t.co/g3Hy81YLym

[United Health Futures @UHF_group]

As a result of the #climatecrisis, babies born today will grow up facing more climate disasters than their grandparents.

More here ➡️ https://t.co/zvL15c3VKA