Meeting 8th Feb 2013

The meeting on Friday night (8th Feb 2013) about HS2 was well attended by Colton parishoners and people from nearby parishes.  The village hall was packed.  The speaker Rolfe Pearce, from Colwich, gave an indication as to what the problems are and what should be undertaken.

It is vital that we all need to act if we are to stop the development of HS2.  For example the government, or HS2 Ltd, has circulated no information and given little time for consultation over the exceptional hardship scheme.  The deadline for consultation is April 29th 2013.  The scheme is totally inadequate.
The web site http://staffsagainsths2.blogspot.com gives valuable information as to how to proceed.

• Go to this site to find out information and make your comments.
• Tell your friends and neighbhours about it and keep them informed.
• Write or email to HS2 Ltd about the exceptional hardship scheme as suggested on the staffsagainsths2 site and ask further questions.
• Write or email to HS2 Ltd for an information pack.
• There is a strict sequence of actions you need to undertake in order to comply with this hardship scheme, start it by enquiring.
• Collect information prior to communicating with HS2.
• If you get interesting responses from HS2 Ltd share them with others on the staffsagainsths2 blog site.

You can start the process by going to http://staffsagainsths2.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/find-out-how-you-will-be-effected-by.html and following the instructions.  This will register you and should get you a pack of information being sent through the post.

 It is vital that all are kept informed and the web is the only vehicle available for rapid communication.  Please feel free to print out information and circulate to neigbhours who are unsure or do not have the technology.

We need to start acting in the next few weeks in order to make our voice heard.
The only way of stopping HS2 is to show that it is not economically viable.  This starts with bombarding them with sensible questions which they must find time to  answer.

Peter David Leech has started an email petition about stopping HS2.  It needs your signiture so that we can send an initial message.  The site address is
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/45347  Click this and sign.  Get others to do so as well.