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How HS2 wasted £167m on property for axed Eastern leg – to then sell it back

How HS2 wasted £167m on property for axed Eastern leg – to then sell it back

More than 550 properties purchased along or close to the proposed rout will now need to be sold off to try and recoup some of the cost

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