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Controversial £3bn HS2 link to be scrapped, says Sir Graham Brady

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A Greater Manchester MP has claimed he has been given "assurances" by the transport secretary that a planned HS2 link line is to be scrapped.

Altrincham and Sale West MP Sir Graham Brady said Grant Shapps had told him the Golborne Link would be dropped, the Guardian reports.

The 12.km track would leave the HS2 route between Crewe to Manchester and cut through Sir Graham's constituency before joining the West Coast Main Line south of Wigan.

The part of HS2 that would affect Trafford was due to feature an airport station in Hale Barns while a section of the Golborne Spur would pass over the River Bollin, through Warburton and Partington.

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