HS2 delay adds £360m to overall cost

The two-year programme delay imposed on key sections of HS2 phase 1 will inflate the overall project cost by at least £360m.
The first stab at what the true cost of delaying works to control day-to-day project costs has emerged in leaked internal Government documents.
The briefing also warns the two-year pause to construction work on key sections at Euston and phase 2a between Birmingham and Crewe will actually set work back 3.5 years when taking into account re-mobilisation to full capaci