London hoeowner Hero Granger-Taylor had started a legal case against the HS2 Ltd claiming that the design of HS2 Euston tunnel are unsafe. But her claims failed to convince the judge. Judge found HS2 Ltd's counter claim that the design of the tunnels is safe.
The homeowner's legal action against High Speed 2 were based on an engineer's report that planned the tunnels could damage her home. The report was prepared by Colin Elliff, a specialist railway engineer who was brought in to assess the legitimacy of the Three Tunnels Design.
Mr. Elliff’s report claimed the Three Tunnels Design could cause a huge 10-metre high, 120-year-old wall to collapse into the new tunnels below or onto the existing West Coast main line, potentially crushing railway passengers. Report said that 'Evidence shows the unstable wall creating 130 tonnes per metre of pressure downwards onto the proposed 9m wide tunnel just 1.5m below'.
Now with this court ruling, one more hurdle is off the way of HS2 Ltd.
HS2 has won a court case which threatened to seriously alter their plans to dig train tunnels to Euston station.
Hero Granger-Taylor brought legal action against the Government and HS2 Ltd
Hero Granger-Taylor files an application for permission to appeal a High Court ruling which dismissed her earlier plea for a judicial review of High Speed 2’s (HS2) Euston tunnels design
https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/appeal-lodged-against-hs2-euston-tunnels-ruling-22-06-2020/
Granger-Taylor brought the application to court citing concerns about the stability of a retaining wall above the planned tunnels. However, last month Mr
Camden homeowner Hero Granger-Taylor's fresh application for permission to appeal a High Court ruling has been rejected. Now, The Court of Appeal remains the only option for her, if she is to pursue her opposition to HS2's Euston tunnels design.
In response to the latest development in the case, which Granger-Taylor brought due to concerns about the stability of a retaining wall above the planned
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Challenge to HS2 derailed as High Court rejects 'collapse' claim
www.standard.co.ukA Euston homeowner has lost a High Court challenge to the HS2 project after claiming a tunnel design is flawed and at risk of causing “catastrophic collapse”. Campaigner Hero Granger-Taylor, 66, brought judicial review proceedings against the major...