Mace's Euston HS2 station project should be pushed back, says Lords committee

By Will Ing and Jordan Marshall2019-05-16T10:36:00

Economic affairs committee calls for the £1.5bn project to be removed from HS2's first phase

The Mace-led redevelopment of Euston station should be postponed in favour of building the northern section of HS2, a House of Lords committee has said.

The economic affairs committee said it has “serious reservations” about the cost-benefit analysis that determined whether HS2 was value for money.

According to its report, Rethinking High Speed Two, the committee feels the £56bn high-speed rail line “appears to be out of control,” noting testimony from former chairman Sir Terry Morgan, who said “nobody knows” how much the final price tag will be.

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