Recommendations to keep HS2 on track taken on board, NAO says

By Tom Lowe2021-06-10T10:10:00

Spending watchdog issued 14 recommendations to keep costs and schedules under control

HS2 and the Department of Transport have taken on board all recommendations it was given last year to keep costs and schedules on the project under control, the National Audit Office (NAO) has said.

The NAO gave the project 14 recommendations across two reports in 2016 and 2020 to keep it on track as the price tag of the line nearly doubled from £56bn in 2015 to around £100bn in 2020.

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