Government must approve and fund Crossrail 2 this year, says infrastructure tsar

By Jordan Marshall2020-02-26T06:00:00

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Route will run north-south through capital

The government must back Crossrail 2 and explain how it will fund it this year, according to National Infrastructure Commission boss Sir John Armitt.

The group, set up by former chancellor George Osborne in October 2015 to provide expert advice to the UK government, called on Boris Johnson to commit to the next stage of the late-running Crossrail project.

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