Oakervee

One of the first things Johnson did on taking office in July last year was to into the future of HS2, carried out by its former chairman Doug Oakervee.

I’ve written to Oakervee saying I won’t sign it.

Oakervee was one of the drivers of his obsession with opposing Heathrow expansion and his plan for a massively environmentally damaging and unworkable new airport in the Thames estuary instead.

Sources "close to the HS2 panel" are quoted as saying the proposal is "one of 13" options being considered by the review panel which is being led by former HS2 chairman Douglas Oakervee.