Hello Everyone. You will probably be aware by now that the Secretary of State for Transport (Chris Grayling) announced the deposit of the Phase 2a Hybrid Bill on Monday 17th July and that this includes proposals for a construction railhead at Stone, which it is proposed will then become a permanent Infrastructure […]
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Hi all, we just wanted to let you all know about the latest, what we like to call ‘infovents’ we have for September. The Stone Farmers Market and Yarnfield Fete are based around information sharing, and such, do not have any public presentations. The team will be at the […]
The Stone Railhead Crisis Group (SRCG) has drawn up plans for an alternative railhead to be constructed at land named Aldersey’s Rough, close to the villages of Madeley and Keele. It comes as HS2 is consulting residents in Stone over plans to build a railhead on land off Yarnfield Lane, as […]
Hello Everyone. You will probably be aware by now that the Secretary of State for Transport (Chris Grayling) announced the deposit of the Phase 2a Hybrid Bill on Monday 17th July and that this includes proposals for a construction railhead at Stone, which it is proposed will then become a permanent Infrastructure […]
PLANS for a railhead near Stone which has caused outrage from residents will go ahead under latest plans for HS2. HS2 Ltd announced the proposals for the depot at Yarnfield last year. But 278 people objected to the scheme, which would see a temporary construction facility built next to the […]
A response to the HS2 Phase 2a (West Midlands to Crewe) working draft Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report consultation has been published. Read more
It has been some time since we last provided an update on what the SRCG committee has been up to over the last few months, but suffice to say that the team has been very busy. By way of a reminder, our key objective is to get HS2 Ltd to […]
This is a response to HS2 Phase 2a Design Refinement Consultation, prepared jointly by Staffordshire County Council and Stafford Borough Council. It should be read in conjunction with the Staffordshire local authorities’… Read more
ON THE proposed HS2 railhead, having made clear my objections to the Secretary of State for Transport and HS2 Ltd, and held a debate with the Government minister on the matter in the House of Commons, I have been working with residents, the local parish councils, and the Stone Railhead […]
Staffordshire MPs have called for better consultation over the controversial HS2 project. Stone MP Sir Bill Cash and Stafford’s Jeremy Lefroy both raised concerns over the £55 billion high speed railway during a debate in the House of Commons. They both supported fellow Tory Cheryl Gillan’s calls for an independent […]