December 2012
Mitigation Ellesborough Road and HS2 construction One of the major concerns for Wendover if HS2 goes ahead has been the disruption and costs that would result from possible closure of the Ellesborough Road. Wendover businesses depend on access to the village by this route for a significant number of their customers. Trade is drawn to Wendover from a wide area and easy access on this route is also important to the thousands of tourists who come through on The Ridgeway which passes along the High Street. The Wendover Society first raised this issue with HS2 Ltd in April 2011. The plan had been to close Ellesborough Road permanently and create a long and complicated diversion. Subsequent to the revised route announcement of January this year the Society has continued to press for this vital access to Wendover to be kept open.
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