A resolution has also been passed by a committee to stop a 'fire sale' of land along the now-axed route
A public inquiry into the Government's handling and axing of the HS2 rail route to Manchester should be held, transport leaders in Greater Manchester have agreed.
Instead Mr Sunak announced 'Network North', which he claimed would improve connectivity in the region. Under the plan, the £36 billion that would have been invested on HS2 will now be spent on 'hundreds' of new transport projects in the north and elsewhere of the country, although detail so far has been scant.
He said: "The protection of the route for a potential future Government, an alternative Government, or change of decision in future, I think that protection of route must be paramount. To me that includes not having the fire sale of land along the route, working with Greater Manchester and the West Midlands to protect the parts of the route between Birmingham and Crewe and Crewe and Manchester.
"The full consequences of which I don't think have been fully realised," he said. "There are a number of major concerns that we have got, not just about the decision itself but ongoing." "As a Mancunian, to come to this city to announce that you are going to dump on us yet again is callous and vindictive. And when you mention that fire sale of land, that is just vindictive - to sell off the land so that there can never be a HS2."
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