Graves to be dug up to make way for railway line
Published Jun 26 2012, 21:53 BST | By Alice Stewart
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The government plans to destroy hundreds of council homes and dozens of buildings in Euston and Regent's Park along with many graves. It is estimated that around 50,000 people could be affected.
The High Speed 2 rail link bosses say that the project could be the "largest development ever seen in London". The route will span an area that is 17 times larger than Arsenal's Emirates Stadium.
The scheme is estimated to cost £33 billion and was approved by the government in January 2012. The route between Birmingham and London is thought to be up and running by 2026.
The High Speed 2 company eventually wants to extend plans for new routes that travel through the north of the country.
A High Speed 2 spokesman said that it is too early to discuss the excavation of graveyards, adding: "Arup is working on the detailed design of the station and we can look at this and other local issues through our community forums and stakeholder engagement programme."
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Just a thought - I wonder how much of the 33billion cost of the HS2 is going to end up in the pockets of huge conmpanies.
And ...totally unrelated....which political part do you think these huge companies are most likely to support
As I said, just wondering (or in simple language - follow the money)
June 27th 2012 at 8:02pm(+1 like)
I'm bemused by the reactions to this here. So many people are bothered by them digging through what is just a field of old bones, which will be handled carefully, and reburied properly.
But few care about the levelling of homes where up to 50,000 people are living now. Get your priorities right!
June 27th 2012 at 3:32pm(+1 like)
Why disturb the bodies interred there? It's just as easy to route the line around the area without causing so much destruction.
June 27th 2012 at 2:31pm(+1 like)
They will all be moved, it's only a body. It's not like they're destroying them, the proposal is a good thing for the country in terms of transport. The houses being destroyed is a different matter though, it will mean building even more houses to accommodate these people destroying even more of our agriculture.
June 27th 2012 at 8:52am
There are brown field site they could build on.
June 27th 2012 at 8:00pm
I don't get what all the uproar is about. Its not like the people are still alive is it, just move them somewhere else. I don't get why people make such a big issue out of something so insignificant.
June 27th 2012 at 8:22am