SIR Graham Brady is delighted after assurances a controversial section of High Speed Two (HS2) is to be scrapped.

The MP for Altrincham and Sale West opposed the Golborne Link, a £3 billion link between the HS2 line and the West Coast Main Line, for several years.

The Golborne Link was set to run across a significant area of rural Trafford, with a particular impact on Warburton.

But at the end of last week, The Guardian revealed Sir Graham told a constituent he had received assurances this is no longer a part of the HS2 proposals.

Speaking to The Messenger, he confirmed a conversation with Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps, and said he was delighted with its outcome.

The MP said: "I have been campaigning for years to have the Golborne Link scrapped and I am delighted that the government has now accepted my case.

"This will be a huge relief for my constituents in Warburton, who have lived with uncertainty for too long."

A spokesperson for the Department for Transport stressed no decision has been made, but stopped short of a denial of The Guardian's revelation last week.

Sir Graham expects confirmation to come when the HS2 proposals return to the House of Commons for a second reading in summer.

The spokesperson said: "We can't comment on what was a private conversation between the secretary of state and Sir Graham Brady."

Despite the MP's delight, he still believes there is more to do to make HS2 the best it can be for Trafford.

Sir Graham wants to see a so-called airport station moved to the actual site of Manchester Airport from its current location at Davenport Green on the other side of the M56.

He said: "Getting rid of the Golborne Link is an important step forward, and a worthwhile saving of taxpayers' money, but the other common sense change for which I will continue to press is moving the station to the airport itself instead of putting it a quarter of a mile away from it, which would require the construction of a light rail link to join the station and the airport together.

"Moving the airport station would also save an ancient woodland that will be destroyed if current plans proceed."