More than 11 miles of the new high-speed line would go through the area, according to the council.
Plus, how do you get a high-speed line into Edinburgh from the south-west?
He said UKIP had done well in divisions along the proposed route of the new new high speed line.
Even the new proposed high-speed line in Britain has been shown to yield a benefit-cost ratio of around two-to-one.
The financial troubles of Britain's plan for a high-speed line from London to the Channel is evidence of that.
"Severe weather conditions overnight in Northern France and Belgium have resulted in sections of the high speed line being closed, " Eurostar said.
If they go ahead, they'll also be used for the High Speed line HS2 and the Northern Line extension to Battersea.
She also foresees a spur linking Britain's only existing high-speed line (from the Channel Tunnel to London's St Pancras station) to Heathrow airport.
Railways have been a chosen target of Eta, which opposes the construction of a high-speed line between Madrid and the Basque Country, our correspondent says.
"Severe weather conditions overnight in Northern France and Belgium have led to the closure of the high speed line, " a notice on the company's website said.
But history counsels caution, too: Britain's only existing high-speed line, from London to the Channel Tunnel, has never come close to achieving its projected passenger numbers.
Eurostar has cancelled all its services for the remainder of the day because of the closure of the high-speed line in France and Belgium due to snow.
In Spain, a high-speed line between Madrid and Seville is so successful that more people travel between those cities by rail than by car and airplane combined.
They said alternatives were available and urged HS2 bosses to consider constructing the high speed line along the existing West Coast Main Line route via the Warrington station.
It sounds pleasingly grand, but history counsels caution: Britain's only existing high-speed line (which connects London with Paris and Brussels via the Channel Tunnel) has failed to attract as many passengers as hoped.
In green transportation news, China unveiled the world's longest high-speed rail line this week.
Last month saw the opening of a new high-speed rail line and the city's first subway.
The proposed route for the high speed rail line HS2 ignores Stoke-on-Trent, according to some city residents.
The government's plans for the proposed high speed rail line from London to Birmingham are currently under consultation.
Plans to extend Kent's high-speed rail line from Ashford to Ramsgate have been discussed with a government minister.
The 68-mile high speed railway line runs from St Pancras to the Channel Tunnel opening at Folkestone in Kent.
Her first success: a high-speed bus line in the Bronx, which she says has reduced commute times by 24%.
Extending the HS2 high-speed rail line from Birmingham to the north of England.
Chris Adams, who took Wendover for UKIP, said the high speed rail line was a deciding factor in the election.
Villages across north Warwickshire will be hit by the next stage of high-speed rail line plans from Birmingham to Nottingham.
But mention the high-speed rail line, HS2, which will connect London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds and there is a change of tone.
Several weeks later the cell that carried out the attack attempted to blow up a bridge on the Madrid-Seville high-speed train line.
I've opted not to lose any sleep over this dilemma for now, as the prospect of a high-speed rail line seems impossibly distant.
Residents in the the path of the planned HS2 high-speed rail line have been holding a series of public meetings over their concerns.
It will be Europe's first private high-speed rail line, called the Italo, when it begins its first runs between Milan and Rome next year.
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