Almost 27,000 building, engineering, design and construction jobs will be created on the HS2 line during the first three years of development, a new report from the rail industry has claimed.
And these jobs will be lost if the Government performs a U-turn and scraps the 拢50 billion scheme.
A report from the High Speed Rail Industry Leaders (HSRIL), a consortium of train and construction companies including Alstom, Bombardier, Atkins and Laing O鈥橰ourke, has also revealed that 14,460 jobs have already been committed to the project by HS2 through preparation works and contracts already out to tender.
Birmingham City Council and University of Birmingham are also affiliated to HSRIL.
There is considerable pressure on the Government to cancel the project, including a report from a Parliamentary backbench committee which concludes the economic case for HS2 is weak.
Pro- and anti-HS2 groups are lining up lobbying events at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham in October to try to win influential support for their causes.
The figures produce cover only job creation to 2020 - to show Government ministers potential gains and losses before the next general election.
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Consultancy Albion Economics, commissioned by the HSRIL, has concluded that 26,650 jobs are at risk.
And these are only those people working on the high-speed rail track and stations and so the employment lost could be much higher with supply chain and spin-off regeneration jobs should the line be cancelled.
This also only includes employment until 2020 during the initial stages of work on phase one of the route between London and Birmingham.
Work on HS2 to Manchester and Leeds will be ongoing until 2031.
HSRIL said: 鈥淏y 2020, HS2 will employ more people than any other infrastructure project in the 海角视频.鈥
The Albion report lists seven construction contracts which are currently out to tender:
Lot S1
鈥楨uston Tunnels and Approaches鈥 拢600 million - 拢900 million
Lot S2
鈥楴ortholt Tunnels鈥 拢850 million - 拢1.4 billion
Lot C1
鈥楥hiltern Tunnels and Colne Valley Viaduct鈥 拢800 million - 拢1.3 billion
Lot C2
鈥楴orth Portal Chiltern Tunnels to Brackley鈥 拢800 million - 拢1.3 billion
Lot C3
鈥楤rackley to Long Itchington Wood Green Tunnel South Portal鈥 拢600 million - 拢900 million
Lot N1
鈥楲ong Itchington Wood Green Tunnel to Delta Junction / Birmingham Spur鈥 拢900 million - 拢1.5 billion
Lot N2
鈥楧elta Junction to West Coast Main Line Tie-in鈥 拢800 million - 拢1.3 billion
