Scrapping a branch of HS2 will result in ‘clear economic detriment’ to Wigan and ‘undermine’ Levelling Up commitments, local leaders say.
Wigan Council’s leader has written to the Transport Secretary asking for ‘urgent’ clarification after Sir Graham Brady MP claimed he’d had ‘assurances’ from Grant Shapps that the Golborne Spur would not go ahead.
The council says such a move would ‘jeopardise’ the future of the borough and would impact Wigan’s ‘already fragile’ economy.
