Serious doubts cast over major government infrastructure schemes

By Jonathan Owen2018-07-09T06:00:00

Annual report from the Infrastructure and Projects Authority questions deliverability of HS2, the Lower Thames Crossing and others

Serious questions have been raised by the Infrastructure and Projects Authority over the future of four in 10 of the government’s biggest construction and infrastructure projects.

According to the IPA’s newly-released 2017-18 annual report on major projects, HS2 (pictured), the Priority School Building Programme, the Lower Thames Crossing, and the Prison Estate Transformation Programme are among the projects at risk of failing.

The IPA, formed in 2016 by the merger of Infrastructure UK and the Major Projects Authority, is claimed by ministers to “sit at the heart of government” and reports to the Treasury and the Cabinet Office.

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