HS2 UK High-speed Rail Project Now Running $14B Over Budget
The project was budgeted to cost $57 billion at 2019 prices, but an executive says poor planning and construction cost inflation are impacting the price.
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The project was budgeted to cost $57 billion at 2019 prices, but an executive says poor planning and construction cost inflation are impacting the price.
The project was budgeted to cost $57 billion at 2019 prices, but an executive says poor planning and construction cost inflation are impacting the price.
The ASLEF union has announced its next strike in December. The last negotiation on pay and facilities to railway employees did not meet the demand. This strike may disrupt the festive plans of passengers.
Plans now call for completion of only half of the 340-mile HS2 network launched 13 years ago.
“The whole system has broken down and it’s going to take a lot of effort and a lot of money to fix it,” the leading author Tom Haines-Doran said.