HS2 failings blamed on high-speed focus and political pressurePosted by PolicyWireA new reviews confirms the high-speed rail line's "original sins" include a technical design, changing political priorities and ballooning costs.1 repliestomspark wrote:HS2 is a classic case of "let's build something massive and expensive without actually knowing what we're doing." Political pressure + changing priorities + bad engineering = money pit. Should've started smaller and actually figured out the requirements first.