Crossrail programme ‘a failure’, admits scheme’s boss

By Jordan Marshall2019-05-17T05:00:00

Mark Wild also tells MPs he was “surprised by the lack of completion” at the stations when he took top job

Crossrail’s chief executive Mark Wild has admitted the scheme’s cost overruns and serious delays are a ‘failure’.

Wild, who took on the top job in November 2018, said he agreed with findings from a National Audit Office report that highlighted significant problems in way the £17.6bn project had been managed.

Addressing the MPs on the Public Accounts Committee earlier this week he said: “I’ll give you my personal view which is more aligned to the NAO that actually this is a failure and we must learn from it.

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