REGENERATION - EQ3

Question 1

HS2 - pros

Answer 1

• Help bridge North-South divide
• Boost UK economy by increasing connectivity
• Better for environment than conventional diesel trains
• Other train lines reaching maximum capacity
• Boost national pride

Question 2

HS2 - cons

Answer 2

• Northern leg scrapped so no investment or connectivity benefit for above B’ham
• £57 bn to £108 bn
• Demolition of homes and 108 ancient woodlands
• Better things to spend the money on
• For businesses not consumers
• Only saves 27 min from B’ham to Ldn
• Rest of world done with this technology as we bring it on

Question 3

Heathrow Expansion

Answer 3

• Construct new runway
• Boost economy by £81bn
• Create 77,000 new jobs by 2030
• 30% value of UK exports go through Heathrow
• BUT already UK’s single biggest emitter of CO2
• Undermines Paris agreement

Question 4

Hinckley Point C

Answer 4

• Nuclear power plant in Somerset
• 7% UK’s energy supply
• £23bn
• 50% employed are from local areas
• 6,500 permanent jobs
• £10 million grant to those most affected in the area
• Increases quality of skills of local population

Question 5

Rebranding - Cornwall

Answer 5

• Avg wage was 25% lower than UK avg
• Deindustrialisation and lack of rural services
• Jamie’s Fifteen Restaurant trains local people
• Uni of Exeter and Falmouth attracts businesses and students to counter “Braindrain”
• Farmers diversifying income b/c of competition from abroad
• How much has it benefited local people? Avg house price is 6x avg salary because of demand for holiday homes

Question 6

Rebranding - Eden Project

Answer 6

• Attracts tourists which benefits local economy (avg spends £150 per visit)
• 80% local businesses say it benefits them
• Large amount of traffic therefore pollution
• Very high carbon footprint
• 3rd most visited UK attraction in first 6 months