HS2 to find out this autumn if scheme will be scrapped

By Dave Rogers2019-08-21T10:57:00

Review into £56bn railway to look at costs of pulling plug on scheme

The promised review of the £56bn HS2 railway has been formally launched by the government with a report into whether to ditch or stick with it due by the autumn.

Former chairman Doug Oakervee, who was appointed to the role in March 2012 and whose career has seen him head up Crossrail, will lead the probe ordered by new prime minister Boris Johnson after raising doubts over whether it was money well spent.

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