Letters to the Editor - Buckinghamshire Examiner

Letters: HS2 consultation deadline is July 29

MANY thanks to those who have already responded to the HS2 consultation.Read

Just who will commute on HS2?

IT SEEMS curious to me that the government thinks that lots of people will be using rail travel for commuting purposes by the time the proposed London-Birmingham link is in operation.Read

Letters: Is saving minutes worth £34billion?

IT is probably fair to say most of us would like investment in our railways. But at what price?Read

Letters: White elephant devastation

THERE is much local concern about the devastation that this white elephant of a project will cause as it ploughs through the Chilterns, but this is just part of a £34billion problem.Read

Letters: Don't forget why HS1 failed

NOWHERE in any of the information supplied by HS2 in their roadshow or public relations material is it mentioned that HS1 in Kent has failed because it has not created significant business growth or an improved passenger service, despite the huge amount of taxpayers' money spent (and the vast sums lost in the subsequent sell-off to foreign operators).Read

Letters: Extra passengers won't cover costs

YOUR two-page spread detailing various statements of individuals and groups opposed to the HS2 rail proposal gives the impression of nimbyism that the transport minister referred to.Read

Letters: Heathrow links would be next

YOU rightly make much of the flawed and overblown case for HS2 promulgated by the Department for Transport (DfT).Read

Letters: It doesn't make economic sense

An open letter to David Cameron: WE ARE writing to you directly to protest most strongly about the possible dreadful decision to allow HS2 to tear up our beautiful countryside in the Chilterns which is, as I am sure you know, an area of outstanding natural beauty.Read

Letters: Please email your views on HS2

WE ARE into the last stretch of the HS2 high speed rail consultation process.Read

Letters: Many thanks from heritage house

THERE will have been many occasions when you see the staff and pupils, in their purple sweatshirts, using the shops, cafes and facilities in Chesham.Read

Letters: Pip is the new guiding light

THIS month, Girlguiding London North West is thrilled to welcome a new chief commissioner to the London and South East Region - Pip McKerrow.Read

Letters: Priority should be given to local kids

THE letter from Mike Appleyard (June 30) fails to address the real question, which is why the headmistress and governors of Chestnut Lane School are giving priority to future pre-school infants as opposed to those with an immediate need.Read

Letters: HS2 fast-talking propaganda

AS THE date for submissions fast approaches, I would like to share a couple of points. Before I do, readers should be aware - if they aren't already - that there is still a lot of pro-HS2 sentiment in London, so we need everyone to respond to the consultation: every response counts!Read

Letters: Lone voice for the environment

AS YOU know the Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust has been campaigning for several months and was the only environmental group at the HS2 roadshows in Bucks.Read

Letters: Berry must put up or shut up

COUNCILLOR Berry is quite right to draw readers' attention to Mr Cameron's letter (May 26).Read

Letters: Communication key to phone woe

I WOULD like to remind everyone that when I called for mobile phone reception in Chalfont St Peter to be improved, I was absolutely not calling for insensitive siting of huge masts as recently proposed for the Monument Lane/Wheatley Way junction; especially when we already have a powerful transmitter a stone's throw from here and the Dumb Bell pub, which if not fully shared jolly well ought to be - just as the landline infrastructure is. I understand there is still reluctance between some mobile companies to share.Read

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