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It is projected that the cost of the project, initially, will be between £7 billion and just over £11 billion <ref name="nce"/> <ref name="bbcwm">{{cite press release| title=New rail link under consideration | date=2007-06-19| publisher=[[BBC News]]| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/6766803.stm| accessdate=2007-06-27 }}</ref>.
On [[03 July]] [[2007]] reports apeared in several online editions of British newspapers about the UK goverment's forthcoming 30-year strategy. The reports stated the plans state that "Britain may need [[High Speed Two]]", but that "the strategy will stop short of promising to pay for the line". <ref>{{cite web|url=http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/travel/article2017533.ece | title=London to Frankfurt in under 5 hours: Europe unites to speed up rail journeys|work=Times Online|date=2007-07-03|accessdate=2007-07-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=465849&in_page_id=1770|title=High-speed rail network to challenge low-cost flights across Europe|work=Daily Mail|date=2007-07-03|accessdate=2007-07-06}}</ref>
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