New Crossrail completion plan ‘taking longer’ to work out, boss admits

By Jordan Marshall2019-04-09T05:00:00

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Chief executive Mark Wild says skills shortage is hampering finishing off late-running stations

The boss of Crossrail has admitted the plan for how to get the £17.6bn railway finished is “taking longer than hoped” as he promises to reveal an opening window later this month.

In his most recent monthly update to London Assembly transport committee chair Caroline Pidgeon, Mark Wild said details of the new plan, which is called the Earliest Opening Programme, will be unveiled by the end of April.

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