A proposed HS2 haul road would 'completely wipe out' a popular golf course in Uxbridge , which users thought would be previously unharmed by the rail link.

After months of petitioning by Stop HS2 campaigners and Hillingdon Council , the haul road is part of a response to mitigation requests to ease congestion in the borough.

But Leader of Hillingdon Council , Cllr Ray Puddifoot , said the suggestion is “unworkable” and “just won't wash.”

He told getwestlondon : “ HS2 claim they'll turn Uxbridge into a nine hole golf course whilst working around it.

“It just won't wash, as there will be so much dust and mess going around the golf course.

“With the amount of traffic that it will generate from construction, people just won’t visit the course, so it'll be unplayable in my opinion, during the period of construction.

The Conservative Council Leader says it's “wishful thinking” from HS2 to suggest the course will be playable with HGVs passing through it, and reiterated his stance against the project altogether.

He said: “There’s no business case for this proposal, it’s a white elephant.

“It should be abandoned now. We’re not against high speed train travel, but they’ve got the wrong routes here. They’ve got the most expensive and environmentally damaging routes.”

HS2: Haul road would cut through Uxbridge golf club

Vice-president of Harefield Golf Club and Manager of clubhouse 19 Hole at the Uxbridge course, Mick Gallagher, thinks the road will “completely ruin the whole amenity.”

He said: “It’ll be close of business for me, I don’t see it ever re-opening as a golf course.

Mr Gallagher questions whether HS2 will even leave them with a 9-hole course, and has signed a petition to oppose the proposals alongside nearby residents.

He said: “The golfing amenities will be wiped out and the residents will have to deal with the traffic and loss of property value... They’re horrified about what will happen as well.”

Keith Reynolds, a regular golfer at the club says players have “every right to feel aggrieved and cheated.”

He said: “Golfers at the Uxbridge course are now faced with the prospect of having most of the remaining 12 holes being decimated by a proposed access haul road for the HS2 , which the actual line does not affect the course in any way.

“The proposed route for HS2 has bulldozed its way out of London disrupting anything and everything, planners and architects getting paid in silly numbers decide that golf courses are just spare plots of land to be used for ancillary purposes especially when the Council have failed on their responsibility as Landlords of a Leisure Facility to reinstate Uxbridge Golf Course back to an 18 hole course.”