Part of High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 2:30 pm ar 3 Mawrth 2016.
Robert Goodwill
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
2:30,
3 Mawrth 2016
Clause 55 allows the Secretary of State to award grants to add benefit over and above committed mitigation and statutory compensation to local communities and economies that are demonstrably disrupted by the construction of HS2.
As announced in October 2014, the Department introduced the Community and Environment Fund and the Business and Local Economy Fund and allocated £30 million in total towards those funds to support local businesses and employment, or to improve local community facilities or the environment. Those funds will allow local communities who know their areas best to implement what they think will work for them. Further details are outlined in the HS2 information paper C12, which was published in November 2015.
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