HS2 Phase2b Crewe - Manchester Environmental Statement

We recommend reading the Non-technical summary (NTS) first, which gives a summary of the likely significant residual effects reported for each geographic area (‘community areas’) along the line of route. Documents listed under Volume 2 present the likely significant environmental effects for each community area, with further details presented in the technical appendices in Volume 5. The NTS also gives a summary of the likely significant residual effects at a route-wide level (i.e. at a geographical scale greater than the community areas) reports in the Volume 3 and off-route (i.e. at locations beyond the HS2 Phase 2b Crewe – Manchester route corridor and its associated local environment) reported in the Volume 4.

Following the deposit of the Bill, Parliament held a public consultation on the ES which ran between 25 January 2022 and 31 March 2022. The consultation allowed interested parties to send any comments they may have had on the ES to the Secretary of State for Transport. More about this consultation can be found on the ES public consultation page.

The consultation on the ES took place alongside a consultation on the Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA), which also ran between 25 January 2022 and 31 March 2022. For more information about the EQIA consultation, please visit the EQIA public consultation page or contact the HS2 Helpdesk at HS2enquiries@hs2.org.uk or on 08081 434 434.

An independent assessor has been appointed by Parliament and they will now prepare a report summarising the issues raised by the comments made on the ES. The responses received by the Secretary of State on the ES and the independent assessor’s report will be available to Members of Parliament for consideration and will be published at least 14 days in advance of the date fixed for the Second Reading debate on the Bill in the House of Commons.