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HS2: Supreme Court rejects legal challenge by opponents of high-speed rail
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   Supreme Court Justices leave the Supreme Court to in London, where a
   ruling against HS2 objectors was made on Wednesday ( Peter
   Macdiarmid/Getty Images )

   The Supreme Court rejected on Tuesday a legal challenge to the
   Government’s plan to push through the HS2 rail link.

   Groups including the the HS2 Action Alliance, Heathrow Hub campaigners,
   and local councils where the proposed route crosses, put forward claims
   that the project's decision-making process was unlawful.
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   Justice of the European Union, the judges ruled.

   David Elvin QC, representing HS2AA, told the court at a hearing in
   October that the case concerned “the most important strategic rail
   decision this country has taken at least for a generation”.

   He said that the Government had so far failed to consult as widely as
   it had promised and to consider properly alternatives to HS2, and
   failed to convince judges to overturn an appeal court majority
   upholding the scheme.
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   “We will now continue to press ahead with the delivery of HS2.

   ”HS2 is also essential in helping rebalance UK growth - bringing
   greater prosperity to the Midlands and the North - and we are
   continuing with the crucial business of getting the scheme ready for
   construction in 2017.“

   After the announcement Emma Crane, campaign director of the HS2
   Alliance, said: ”We are very disappointed, but it is absolutely not the
   end of the road. We believe this is a wrong decision.“