Welshblogger has found another map which shows that the edge of the cutting through which the proposed Birmingham to London high speed rail line will pass will just clip the schools at the north east corner of Chipping Warden (and not run a mile or two to the south west, as we had assumed).
Luckily, that map (click link for full version) also has a vertical scale at the bottom showing that the cutting will be over ten metres deep (the scale on the bottom right is metres above sea level, not feet - I've checked and the village is reported to be 152 metres above sea level, not 152 feet). Therefore, the high speed train will be virtually inaudible in the village itself and nothing to worry about.
Shiny New Tinfoil
2 hours ago
2 comments:
So he's talking his mother's house price down for nothing then?
SL, no, he's trying to talk up the compensation she'll get - if the value of her house were to halve (not proven and unlikely) and she can get Timmy Taxpayer to cough up, she stands to pocket £400,000.
Or in my world view, if the value of her house were to halve, she has 'only' trebled her investment since 1986.
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