Aston Villa get £17m compensation from #HS2 rail line

[Piethagoram]

 

[Chris]

It might be flying over my head, but why have they been compensated for such a huge amount of money?

I couldn't really make sense of it, as to why the taxpayers are responsible at first. However, it seems they've been forced to move their training ground to make way for the HS2. Part of me is now wondering why the land wasn't purchased and, why it's fallen to compensation still. £17 million sounds a huge amount for the land.

https://www.constructionenquirer.com/2018/06/13/aston-villa-move-training-ground-to-make-way-for-hs2/