Government began to worry Crossrail would bust deadline months before it did, MPs reveal

By Jordan Marshall2019-02-28T06:00:00

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Department for Transport voiced concerns last spring

The Department for Transport first began to have worries Crossrail would miss its December 2018 opening date in spring last year, a group of MPs on a spending watchdog has said.

In its report, Rail management and timetabling, the Public Accounts Committee said the department, which is a co-sponsor on the project, had failed to properly manage the Crossrail programme in the lead-up to the announcement of its delay last August.

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