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UIN 173026

High Speed 2 Line: Air Pollution

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22 March 2021

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30 March 2021 · Answer

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30 March 2021

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what environmental impact assessment his Department has made of the (a) fuel choices of HS2 Ltd for it's construction sites and (b) use by HS2 Ltd of fossil-based diesel for it's heavy plant and transport.

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  1. 22 March 2021

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what environmental impact assessment his Department has made of the (a) fuel choices of HS2 Ltd for it's construction sites and (b) use by HS2 Ltd of fossil-based diesel for it's heavy plant and transport.

    Source: Commons

  2. 30 March 2021

    Answer

    The HS2 Environmental Statements contain reasonable worst-case assessments of the air quality and carbon impacts of the scheme, using assumptions about emissions that reflect the standards adopted by the project. Controls are in place to ensure that any s...

    Source: Written answer

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