{"id":93158,"date":"2018-06-25T06:00:01","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T06:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=9b281390f29aa701e4eab031102843dd"},"modified":"2018-06-25T06:00:01","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T06:00:01","slug":"news-story-8-million-of-extra-hs2-funding-to-benefit-local-communities-and-woodlands-between-birmingham-and-crewe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=93158","title":{"rendered":"News story: \u00a38 million of extra HS2 funding to benefit local communities and woodlands between Birmingham and Crewe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<abbr title=\"High Speed Two\">HS2<\/abbr> Road Safety Fund extended by \u00a36.5 million to provide a legacy of road safety improvements<\/li>\n<li>additional \u00a32 million committed to <abbr title=\"High Speed Two\">HS2<\/abbr> Woodland Fund to create new native woodlands<\/li>\n<li>\n<abbr title=\"High Speed Two\">HS2<\/abbr> Minister helps launch \u2018Green Corridor\u2019 vision today to support British countryside<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>More than \u00a38 million of government funding will create new woodlands and deliver safer roads on the route of Britain\u2019s new railway, <abbr title=\"High Speed Two\">HS2<\/abbr> Minister Nusrat Ghani announced today (25 June 2018).<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the launch of <abbr title=\"High Speed Two\">HS2<\/abbr>\u2019s \u2018Green Corridor\u2019 in Kenilworth, the minister backed <abbr title=\"High Speed Two\">HS2<\/abbr>\u2019s ambitious plan for connected wildlife habitats and native woodlands the length of the route, ensuring <abbr title=\"High Speed Two\">HS2<\/abbr> sets a new environmental standard for construction projects.<\/p>\n<p>To support this vision, the minister announced an additional \u00a32 million for the  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/new-5-million-fund-to-create-and-restore-woodlands\"><abbr title=\"High Speed Two\">HS2<\/abbr> Woodland Fund<\/a>, to help landowners along the route between Birmingham and Crewe plant new trees native to the area.<\/p>\n<p><abbr title=\"High Speed Two\">HS2<\/abbr> Minister Nusrat Ghani said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>As we deliver the new high speed railway our country needs, driving forward economic growth and better journeys for passengers, it is imperative we set a new standard for protecting and enhancing our diverse woodlands and wildlife.<\/p>\n<p><abbr title=\"High Speed Two\">HS2<\/abbr>\u2019s \u2018Green Corridor\u2019 is one of the most significant tree-planting and habitat creation projects ever undertaken in this country. That\u2019s why the government is backing it with an additional \u00a32 million for the Woodland Fund to support the creation of native woodland and restore existing ancient woodland sites between Birmingham and Crewe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">We are also committed to putting in place a positive legacy of road safety improvements. An extra \u00a36.5 million of funding for local authorities on Birmingham to Crewe route will ensure communities in the region see and share in the extraordinary benefits of Britain\u2019s new railway.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Committing \u00a36.5 million to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/30-million-to-improve-road-safety-for-communities-along-hs2-route\"><abbr title=\"High Speed Two\">HS2<\/abbr> Road Safety Fund<\/a> for the Birmingham to Crewe phase means that towns and villages on the route from London to Crewe will now share more than \u00a335 million of cash to deliver improvements for pedestrians, cyclists and drivers.<\/p>\n<p><abbr title=\"High Speed Two\">HS2<\/abbr>\u2019s \u2018Green Corridor\u2019 will include 7 million new trees and shrubs on Phase One of the railway alone, comprising native UK species such as oak, silver birch, wild cherry, hornbeam and holly.<\/p>\n<p>This will result in over 9 square kilometres of new native woodlands, alongside tailor-made habitats for species including bats, badgers and great crested newts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"contact \" id=\"contact_1021\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>\n<abbr title=\"High Speed Two\">HS2<\/abbr> and major projects media enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Media enquiries<\/span><br \/>\n              020 7944 3021\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Out of hours media enquiries<\/span><br \/>\n              020 7944 4292\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Switchboard<\/span><br \/>\n              0300 330 3000\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New woodlands and safer local roads to be created through additional HS2 funding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93158"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=93158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93158\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=93158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=93158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=93158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}