The Stone Railhead Crisis Group’s technical team appeared for the third time in front of the HS2 Select Committee on Tuesday 7th May. Representing Stone Town Council on this occasion, Trevor Parkin and Gordon Wilkinson gave evidence on road safety issues, as well as HS2’s latest indicative programme for construction […]
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Hello, SRCG are inviting Stone & surrounding residents to a public meeting from 6 – 8 pm on Friday 29th March at Yarnfield Park Conference Centre. HS2 has proposed further changes to its High Speed Rail project in the Stone area via a process called Additional Provisioning (AP)2. These changes will […]
We thought you might be interested in a BBC Panorama broadcast this evening (17th December 2018). Thousands of home and businesses are affected and land is already being cleared to make way for the new High Speed 2 train line – the biggest infrastructure project in Europe. HS2 has a […]
Hello, SRCG are inviting Stone & surrounding residents to a public meeting from 5 – 7 pm on Sunday 2 September at Yarnfield Park Conference Centre. The agenda will include: Evidence given by SRCG on behalf of Stone Town and Chebsey Parish Councils at their second appearance in front of the […]
Hello everyone, you may have heard that the Select Committee has supported the easy (but wrong) option for the siting of the Railhead/IMB-R. However, the fight is far from over, so join us at Yarnfield Park Conference Centre to hear – Plan B (and as one of our members pointed […]
SRCG Press Release: Response to assurances and draft agreement made by HS2 Ltd to Staffordshire County Council dated 8th May 2018 The Stone Railhead Crisis Group (SRCG) is very disappointed with the details of the draft agreement that has been reached between Staffordshire County Council (SCC) and HS2 Ltd, which […]
We would just like to let you all know that the crowdfunding site has reached its first milestone of £5000. This is a good start and we still have until the 14th April before our first crowdfunding exercise comes to a close. We have also received many donations via the […]
You will probably be aware by now that MPs debated the Second Reading of the High Speed Rail (West Midlands – Crewe) Bill in the House of Commons on Tuesday 30 January 2018. Chris Grayling, Secretary of State for Transport, opened the debate and the Shadow Transport Secretary, Andy McDonald, […]
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 […]