‘Systemic weaknesses’ drive up UK infrastructure costs by as much as 25%, NIC finds

By Tom Lowe2024-10-10T12:33:00

New report comes as government announces creation of new body combining NIC with IPA

“Systemic weaknesses” in the way the UK delivers major infrastructure projects drive up costs by as much as 25%, according to the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC).

A new report by the government agency found infrastructure costs are too high in this country and “have been for decades”, a problem which it said the government needed to address in order to achieve its infrastructure ambitions.

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