In an interview with The Telegraph's Camilla Tominey, Grant Shapps argued that difficult financial choices need to be made. Photo: Paul Grover for The Telegraph < p>Asked if he agreed with abandoning the northern part of the line, he said: “It's absolutely right that you look again and look at these projects. When you spend money on one thing, you can't spend that money on something else.
“So does a country want to do all one thing or does it want a mix of other things? ? This is absolutely the right and responsible long-term issue for the Government to take up.»
Mr Shapps said people, including fellow Conservatives, would not be able to make a good judgment on the decision until they knew “what else will happen.” announced,» adding: «There are many, many, many other things you could do that could greatly improve local and regional life and greatly speed up communications.»
The Defense Secretary also hinted that g Mr Sunak is determined to press ahead with plans to complete HS2 at Euston. There were rumors he might move the terminus to Old Oak Common in west London to save billions in tunneling costs.
As this scenario makes no sense, Mr Shapps replied: «The only thing What I can assure you… is that the solution found will be one that is actually feasible.» Michael Gove, the Leveling Up Secretary, separately criticized the £100 billion cost of HS2, which he said » out of control.» Closing the northern section of the line is expected to save up to £34 billion.
Mr Gove said that in light of the huge cost overruns on the project, ministers are «looking at all of our transport costs» to ensure value for the taxpayer .
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