We had a booklet from HS2 the other day relating to the proposed changes to the route which is now to be switched from virtually the bottom of my garden (well, within half a mile of it!) to the M18 corridor - and the bottom of my best friend's garden! They will also be demolishing a brand new housing estate near Doncaster. The bill going through Parliament at the moment is not due to receive royal assent until 2022, and the whole thing will not be up and running until 2033, if then. I am among many who can't see the point of spending vast amounts of money on something which, by the time it comes on line - if it comes on line- will probably have been superseded by some more up to date technology. The budget has already increased from the original 30Bn to 55Bn and no one believes it will stop there. The money would be better spent on improving the existing rail infrastructure and rolling stock, and the proposed electrification of the Welsh and West Country lines which has now been scrapped for lack of funds.