ALMOST 9,000 people will be affected by the route of the HS2 rail line through Warrington according to figures from the company responsible for planning the network.

A Freedom of Information request has revealed that 8,982 letters were sent to addresses within one kilometre of the proposed route in Culcheth, Rixton, Glazebury and Lymm.

A further 214 ‘safeguarding’ letters were sent to homeowners who were told their homes or land may be required for the line to be built.

Reported by the Warrington Guardian. You can read the full story here. 

I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.