Latest HS2 community funds brings total to almost £2 million in Bucks
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The figure brings the overall total to almost £2 million in Bucks - more than any other county affected by the construction.
The HS2 Community Fund scheme gives local communities and businesses disrupted by the construction of HS2 the opportunity to apply for funding of up to £1 million for projects to improve their local area or support their local economy.
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Hide AdOn 3 February, HS2 announced that Waddesdon Bowls Club will receive £23,000, Ludgershall Village Parish Council will receive £10,000, Great Missenden Parish Council will receive £71,000, and Chiltern Citizens Advice Bureau receives £8,900.
We spoke to Lindsey Batham of Anti-HS2 SOC (Save Our Countryside) campaign group, who said: “No notice to proceed has been given. The community funds is HS2 buying communities with what seems to be an unlimited pot of taxpayers money despite some landowners and property owners still not being paid under compulsory purchase orders. Who's doing their books - it's practically money laundering."
The total community and business fund for Phase One of the HS2 Rail Link from London to Birmingham is £40 million.
A HS2 Ltd spokesperson said: “Two funds, with a combined total of £40 million, are available to local communities and businesses that are disrupted by the construction of HS2 between London and the West Midlands; the Community and Environment Fund (CEF) and the Business and Local Economy Fund (BLEF). So far funds have been awarded to 34 projects in