Compensation for Buckinghamshire residents due to High Speed Rail Link

By ClaireMitch | Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 20:36

Did you know that the Government has launched an Exceptional Hardship Scheme, to help property owners like you, who have been seriously affected by the proposal to build a high sped rail line between London and the Midlands?

A 160mph train line is planned to pass through the Chiltern countryside

High Speed 2 Ltd is the company set up by the Government to consider the case for building the controversial and much debated rail link.

The Exceptional Hardship Scheme (EHS) is designed to compensate those property owners who's ability to sell has been impacted because their property is on or in close proximity to the proposed route.

Under the EHS scheme if you urgently need to sell, you can apply for the Government to buy your property.

Act now, and apply to the Exceptional Hardship Scheme by:

- Downloading guidance and application form from the HS2 website

- Contacting HS2 and requesting an application by post 020 7944 4908

- Collecting a copy from any central library along the proposed route

Many Buckinghamshire Residents have been active in protesting about the rail link, and on Saturday 11th September 200 campaigners marched an eight mile route from Amersham to Great Missenden in an effort to raise public awareness of the plans. For more information about this and other campaign activities please log on to the Chiltern Society website. Additional information and news related to HS2 can also be found on the Chilterns Area of Natural Beauty Website.

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Comments

I saw on the news this morning that the HS2 is only proposed to be built in 2016 - the Transport Secretary suggested by then we'd be on our way out of the recession and able to afford it but also will have a bigger need for it by then too. Apparently in a recent study, the western mainline will be overcapacity by 2020 so we will need a new line and the government has taken the view that since we will need a new railway, they will invest in high speed which will also benefit the economy. As I won't be directly affected as a resident, I'm not a hundred percent sure on that facts on that side of things - the protected environments, noise and so on - so perhaps someone can enlighten us?

By BMeiring at 18:16 on 20/12/10
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