Ipsos MORI | Ipsos MORI | Consultation under clause 60 of the High Speed Rail (West Midlands – Crewe) Bill – Summary Report for Publication 1 May 2021 High Speed Two Phase 2a: West Midlands – Crewe Consultation under clause 60 of the High Speed Rail (West Midlands – Crewe) Bill as amended in the House of Lords: Report summarising consultation responses Produced by Ipsos MORI for HS2 Ltd Ipsos MORI | Ipsos MORI | Consultation under clause 60 of the High Speed Rail (West Midlands – Crewe) Bill – Summary Report for Publication 2 © Queen’s Printer and Controller of HMSO 2021 This publication is licensed under the terms of the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated. To view this licence, visit http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Where we have identified any third party copyright information you will need to obtain permission from the copyright holders concerned. This publication is also available on our website at www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-transport Any enquiries regarding this publication should be sent to us at www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-transport 21-000319-01 | Final Version | Public | This work was carried out in accordance with the requirements of the international quality standard for Market Research, ISO 20252. © HS2 Ltd 2021 Ipsos MORI | Ipsos MORI | Consultation under clause 60 of the High Speed Rail (West Midlands – Crewe) Bill – Summary Report for Publication 3 Contents 1 Introduction............................................................................................................................ 5 1.1 Overview ....................................................................................................................................... 5 1.2 Context ......................................................................................................................................... 5 1.3 The Phase 2a route ....................................................................................................................... 6 1.4 Information about the consultation ............................................................................................ 7 1.5 Number of responses to the consultation .................................................................................. 8 1.6 Categories of respondent ............................................................................................................ 9 2 Structure of report ............................................................................................................... 10 3 Analysis methodology ......................................................................................................... 11 3.1 Receipt and handling of responses ........................................................................................... 11 3.2 Analysis of responses ................................................................................................................. 11 3.3 Interpreting the consultation findings ...................................................................................... 12 3.4 Respondents versus comments made ....................................................................................... 12 3.5 Stakeholder responses ............................................................................................................... 12 3.6 General public responses ........................................................................................................... 13 4 Road traffic ........................................................................................................................... 14 4.1 Question wording ....................................................................................................................... 14 4.2 Summary of key issues raised .................................................................................................... 14 4.3 Positive impact of HS2 works on road traffic ........................................................................... 14 4.4 Negative impact of HS2 works on road traffic ......................................................................... 15 4.5 Impact on local communities .................................................................................................... 16 4.6 Impact on air quality .................................................................................................................. 16 4.7 Sound, noise and vibration ........................................................................................................ 17 4.8 Health ......................................................................................................................................... 17 4.9 Socioeconomics .......................................................................................................................... 17 4.10 Environment, ecology and biodiversity .................................................................................. 17 4.11 Water and flood risk ................................................................................................................ 18 4.12 Landscape and visual ............................................................................................................... 18 5 The natural environment ...................................................................................................... 19 5.1 Question wording ....................................................................................................................... 19 5.2 Summary of key issues raised .................................................................................................... 19 5.3 Positive impact of the HS2 works on the natural environment, ecology and biodiversity .... 19 5.4 Negative impact of the HS2 works on the natural environment, ecology and biodiversity .. 20 5.5 Landscape and visual ................................................................................................................. 21 5.6 Local communities ..................................................................................................................... 21 5.7 Sound, noise and vibration ........................................................................................................ 22 5.8 Air quality ................................................................................................................................... 22 5.9 Water and flood risk .................................................................................................................. 22 5.10 Health ....................................................................................................................................... 23 5.11 Land quality .............................................................................................................................. 23 6. Transport provisions ............................................................................................................ 24 6.1 Question wording ....................................................................................................................... 24 6.2 Summary of key issues raised .................................................................................................... 24 Ipsos MORI | Ipsos MORI | Consultation under clause 60 of the High Speed Rail (West Midlands – Crewe) Bill – Summary Report for Publication 4 6.3 Positive comments about transport provisions ........................................................................ 24 6.4 Negative comments, concerns and issues raised about transport provisions ......................... 24 6.5 Suggestions ................................................................................................................................ 28 6.6 Other comments ......................................................................................................................... 29 7 Transport infrastructure ....................................................................................................... 30 7.1 Question wording ....................................................................................................................... 30 7.2 Summary of key issues raised .................................................................................................... 30 7.3 Railway lines ............................................................................................................................... 30 7.4 Railway stations.......................................................................................................................... 32 7.5 Other comments and suggestions ............................................................................................. 36 8 Non-consultee responses .................................................................................................... 38 8.1 Non-consultee responses ........................................................................................................... 38 8.2 Road transport ........................................................................................................................... 38 8.3 The natural environment ........................................................................................................... 39 8.4 Transport provisions .................................................................................................................