Crossrail report warns of cost pressures as Elizabeth line nears completion

A report into the Crossrail project by the National Audit Office (NAO) is warning that while cost increases and delays are in line with Crossrail’s 2020 estimates, they exceed the available budget and there are still significant issues that could arise as the railway is brought into service.
The report gives an overall impression is of a project where the senior management was unaware of what was going on until early 2018 and threw money at catching up, until they had to announce the first