HS2 Euston needs full design reset as costs set to double
The public spending watchdog has called for an urgent total design rethink of the Euston terminus of HS2 as its cost soars.
A new National Audit Office report into the station warns that forecast project costs have continued to balloon despite attempts to simplify the project.
The original £2.6bn station budget is now reckoned to have soared to £4.8bn, even with the cost-cutting decision to trim back platforms from 11 to 10.Spending to date on advanced works has already hit £54
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