Archaeology is mostly tax payer funded, although it is
getting more common for sponsorship from companies. Quarrying and oil companies use environmental data as it helps them decide whether to set up shop there. Also it
is compulsory to have an archaeological survey for something the size of HS2
when being built, especially when it is in London. London itself is one massive
museum and underground are some many fantastic and important discoveries to be
made.
My suggestion is this. Why not explore London's history to
the maximum. It is a great city, as Boris always says, and you can never know
too much about its past. So let's find out more. We should force for an extremely
detailed survey to be done of the HS2 route. Let's get to know the area really
well along the HS2 route and force a very long survey that would hold it up for
ages. Or better still make HS2 take a route of historical areas so we get to
know even more, and waste the time of the builders. Maybe government will stop
it then, or by the time it finishes a more sensible government will scrap it. Archaeological
investigations across the HS2 route will also save money because, whatever the
bill for the digs will be, it is certainly cheaper than building an irrelevant
railway.
Let's get Tony Robinson and Time Team on the scene to stop HS2.
Agree entirely, this post needs to go national now!!!
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