Greens call on MSPs to fight for high-speed rail link
SCOTLAND must be ready to fight its corner to secure a high-speed rail link to the south, MSPs heard yesterday.
Politicians offered their support for a potential link two months after Holyrood's transport committee set out the economic and environmental benefits of high-speed rail.
Green MSP Patrick Harvie, convener of the committee, told parliament the UK had been left behind by other European countries which invested heavily during the 1980s and 90s.
Noting a recent "change of tone" at Westminster, he added: "It is essential that Scotland begins to fight its own corner, very clearly making the case that if high-speed rail is going to be built, it should be built all the way, making the maximum possible gain in journey times."
Scottish transport minister Stewart Stevenson said he and UK counterpart Lord Adonis would discuss the issue today.
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