"The DfT is always keen to learn from the experience of others and to consider approaches that offer value for money to the taxpayer," a spokesperson said.
The Chinese company has built most of the country's 15,500-mile high-speed network but dealing with property rights, lobby groups and protected landscapes will be a different task.Last month, Prime Minister Boris Johnson upset many of his own MPs and US President Donald Trump when he announcedjust days ago, despite a review warning that it could cost more than £100bn - far above the budget of £62bn.
He said at the time that the firm handling construction has not"distinguished itself" but that"poor management has not detracted from the fundamental value" of the plan.He confirmed work on Phase One - which runs from London Euston to Birmingham - and Phase 2a - an extension to Crewe - would continue"on something approaching time and budget".
Phase 2b - which runs to Manchester and north east to Leeds - will be put under review and subsumed into the current"Northern powerhouse" rail project. The line is not due to be completed until 2040, although Mr Johnson has said he wants to move this forward to 2035.
Is this true BorisJohnson ? One of the biggest ever infrastructure projects and the money goes to China. Nice to see the trust you have in home grown companies.
That should bring a job lot of viruses to our country, we’re gonna need the £100 billion for the NHS
Imported slave labour will make it tons cheaper .
It’s nonsense. They build it cheaper and quicker because they don’t have to deal with land purchases, tons of legislation, reviews and appeals etc. They have no experience of building in a country like the uk
Will be finished on Friday....!
Can’t we build it ourselves? ‘Coronavirus’ coming to a place near you!
Well accepting reality finally?
Can we not build anything ourselves anymore
lol. Never happen.
Finally the UK will enter into the modern era of railways
Don't tell me ! one of Boris mates! Brown envelopes beings past under the table 🙃
No, just No
Huawei and the HS2? China’s going to own the Brits.
Chinese material's🤔what could possibly go wrong...
Warships built by a company part-owned by the French govt. 5G by a Chinese company. Now HS2. What next?
The British Chinese industrial revolution
Yes they will build it quicker, with Chinese labor and paying them peanuts to work 24 hours a day.
Have we not got any British builders?
I don’t know why BorisJohnson just didn’t ask the Russians to build it for us.
Let them. It will be finished in about 20 minutes!
infectious diseases typically look more severe when they’re first discovered. See What virologists say about Coronavirus(FACTS)..Don't worry
Hospital in 10 days. Hs2 in 5 years .
Could he not get British company? Brexit and that 🤣
No thanks.
'Making Britain Great Again' Give the money to another country, but not to our own. Get Brexit Done! Yep, the people at home have truly got done and they voted for it. 😂
good move
Why don’t we get a bloody British company to build it. Why do we constantly have to have foreign companies build things in Britain!? No wonder we are in the state we are in
Let the Chinese build it .It will be done in a month and cost 400,000
This will be interesting
No, they are not. I mean, they might be but China's YoY steel demand has just hit zero. Down 40% from this time last year. They might even win it but they won't be building anything, anytime soon. Maybe cross check your stories before posting. China is in total collapse.
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Look up your “Chinese quality” jokes everyone
HitachiGlobal near darlington could sort it
😂😂😂 but cash money boris wants to keep Britain British
CRRC not ccrc
WTF ,have they got compromising pics of BoJo?
Ahhhh just like the steel scandal