HS2 refutes claims overall cost has risen by another £800m

By Tom Lowe2021-06-22T05:01:00

Project spokesperson says reports are ‘completely misleading’

HS2 has hit back at reports that the cost of the £106bn railway has risen again by nearly £1bn since March, with a spokesman for the project calling the claims “completely wrong and misleading”.

The Financial Times reported that sources close to the project had said that overall costs on the £44.6bn first phase of the high speed line between London and Birmingham had gone up by a further £800m because of the impact of the pandemic.

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