Parliamentary committee issues scathing HS2 report

摘要

THE British parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) published a scathing report on the HS2 high-speed rail project on May 17, accusing the Department for Transport (DfT) of withholding information regarding the project's cost and schedule. "The HS2 programme has gone badly off-course and is now estimated to cost up to £88bn, significantly more than the original budget of £55.7bn (both figures are 2015 prices)," the House of Commons PAC says. "We are unconvinced that there will not be further cost increases... especially given that the route and forecast cost of the northern sections of the proposed railway is still very uncertain and will remain so for years to come."