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| HS2 challenge rejected by Court of Appeal | HS2 challenge rejected by Court of Appeal |
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| The latest legal challenge to the HS2 high-speed rail project has been rejected by the Court of Appeal. | The latest legal challenge to the HS2 high-speed rail project has been rejected by the Court of Appeal. |
| Objectors including residents' groups and 15 councils along the route had asked judges to order a further assessment of the scheme as a whole. | Objectors including residents' groups and 15 councils along the route had asked judges to order a further assessment of the scheme as a whole. |
| Judges dismissed all seven grounds of the challenge but said a final appeal could be made to the Supreme Court. | Judges dismissed all seven grounds of the challenge but said a final appeal could be made to the Supreme Court. |
| Ministers said opponents should not "waste any more taxpayers' money" on litigation. | |
| High-speed rail minister Simon Burns said: "By dismissing all seven grounds of appeal and declining to refer the case to Europe, this is the second time in four months a court has rejected attempts to derail HS2. | |
| "Parliament is the right place to debate the merits of HS2, not the law courts, and we will introduce the hybrid bill for phase one before the year is out." | |
| Mr Burns said the government would continue with the "crucial business" of getting HS2 ready for construction in 2017. | |
| The objectors said HS2 would cause an unacceptable level of environmental damage, loss of homes and disruption to many communities. |