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    Private sector will pay for HS2 Euston tunnel, Transport Secretary Mark Harper insists

    by Noah Vickers and Ross Lydall Dec 20, 2023 3 minutes
    Source: PA Wire

    Transport Secretary Mark Harper has dismissed fears that private developers will refuse to pay for 4.5 miles of HS2 tunnelling works into Euston station.

    The Government was recently warned by Sir John Armitt, chair of the National Infrastructure Commission, that the private sector would not agree to pay for the tunnel connecting Euston with Old Oak Common in west London.

    Sir John told the Financial Times last month: “At the end of the day, the Government will need

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