Ministers to oversee ‘dire’ HS2 as true cost remains uncertain

The Guardian - Transport secretary says analysis of high-speed rail project unable to clarify if overrun is mp;pound;10bn or mp;pound;20bnMinisters are to oversee HS2 and have launched a review after the government was unable to ascertain the scale of the ballooning overspend on the long-delayed high-speed rail line.Louise Haigh, the UK transport secretary, said that the scale of failure in the delivery of the project was mp;#147;diremp;#148; and that analysis had been unable to clarify if the cost overrun was mp;pound;10bn or mp;pound;20bn.