Scrutiny has made setting deadlines more difficult, Crossrail chairman admits

By Jordan Marshall2019-12-19T06:00:00

Tony Meggs says scheme is between ‘rock and hard place’ over completion timetable

Crossrail chairman Tony Meggs has admitted that setting realistic completion dates for the £18bn railway has been hampered by the unprecedented level of scrutiny of the project.

Meggs and chief executive Mark Wild were drafted in at the end of last year as part of a management shake-up. Crossrail had shocked senior public officials that summer by saying that the job would miss its original deadline of December 2018 – with the first delay until the autumn of this year.

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