Mark Wild interview: why Crossrail will be worth the wait

By Jordan Marshall2021-06-22T05:00:00

There are just two questions people want answered about Crossrail: when will it open and how much is it all going to cost? Well, says project boss Mark Wild, that all rather depends…

Thirty-seven days. That is how much time there was before Crossrail’s original opening date when Mark Wild joined the project.

It was 2 November 2018, to be precise – 63 days after his predecessor Simon Wright had confirmed that the scheme, long-lauded as the gold standard for delivering major infrastructure on time and budget, would not be ready on time on 9 December.

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