An important business figure for Birmingham, Mr John Rider, the Regional Chairman of the Institute of Directors, has publicly stated that whilst the high speed rail link is important to the city of Birmingham, the city’s airport runway will indeed produce much faster results.

When speaking about the two transport links, he said that a runway would be built and used much faster than the slow process surrounding the construction of the high speed rail link, which is not due to begin until 2017, with trains operating by 2025.

“Yes, of course we want and need the high speed network by the timescales have a serious economic impact for the project, perhaps 10 years planning and consultation, and another 10 years to build. After all, when have we ever seen one of these big projects ever run to time in this country?” he said in an interview.

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