Crossrail – still waiting on the platform

By Chloë McCulloch2019-02-20T06:00:00

The political sideshow around Crossrail does not help us understand why the £15bn infrastructure project is £2bn over budget, with no delivery date in sight

Sadiq Khan says he knew nothing of Crossrail’s woes until the end of August last year. Former Crossrail boss Sir Terry Morgan says he briefed London’s mayor at the end of July. Quite frankly, who cares? This is a political sideshow that does not help us understand why the capital’s £15bn infrastructure project is £2bn over budget and counting, with no delivery date in sight.

The point is, say insiders, that the team would have known there were problems 18 months ago – so how come the positive PR mantra of “on time and on budget” was allowed to portray it as a darling project for so long?

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