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United Kingdom: HS2 may increase risk homes being flooded, senior Conservatives fear
2014-02-23 16:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Senior Conservatives have raised concerns that HS2 will increase the risk of homes being flooded, as the high-speed train line passes through areas affected by the recent extreme weather, runs over miles of high-risk floodplains and will require the diversion of seven rivers. The Liberal Democrat flooding minister, Dan Rogerson, has admitted the scale of the flood risk associated with HS2 has not been fully assessed for the first phase of the route from London to Birmingham. The HS2 route crosses...
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