The decision to scrap the second leg of HS2 to Manchester was a “mistake”, the government’s independent infrastructure adviser has said.  Sir John Armitt, chair of the National Infrastructure Commission, told the BBC this morning that the decision to cut back on HS2 was a “sort of knee-jerk, snap reaction”. He said: “I think it’s … Continue reading ‘Knee-jerk’ decision to scrap HS2 second leg ‘a mistake’, government’s infrastructure adviser says