The route of the planned London-Birmingham high-speed rail line has been modified to take it further away from homes in the Warwickshire area.
After protests, Kenilworth and Southam MP Jeremy Wright told the BBC a new draft moved the line further away from Ladbroke and Stoneleigh and through a covered tunnel in Burton Green.
He said the revised route would be "less of a blight" on the environment by running through a covered tunnel and said he was glad the Government had listened.
But he added: "I am conscious that by moving it away from one place you move nearer to another. For example it's now closer to Southam but it is closer to industry and not residents and we've got to balance these things.”
Transport Secretary Philip Hammond has told The Times that the £34 billion line will survive the spending cuts. He predicted construction would begin soon after the next election in 2015.
On a site visit, he said the project would solve looming capacity constraints, secure economic regeneration and national growth and replace domestic flights with train travel.
Mr Hammond visited a number of contentious areas, including the Chiltern Hills area of outstanding natural beauty.
He will announce a preferred route later this year and public consultation will begin next year.
About 200 protesters greeted Mr Hammond in Northamptonshire with chants of “No trains!”