Opening of HS2 line set to be delayed beyond 2033

The BBC understands that the opening of HS2 will be postponed beyond the target date of 2033.

Transportation Secretary Heidi Alexander is expected to tell the parliament to the parliament on Wednesday, the railway line in the program and the budget “is not a reasonable way to deliver it” – but it is not expected to tell when the route will finally start working.

HS2 will summarize the findings of two examinations, and one of them points to a “failure literature” that leads to the missed deadline dates and balloon costs.

It is the latest setback for the high -speed railway project that is repeatedly scaled and delayed.

Alexander is expected to say that conservative governments chaired the cost of HS2 and that the line was first approved in 2012 and was expected to chair the general elections last year.

It is preparing to publish two reports on HS2 to point out “drawing a line to the sand” and resetting a government’s reset for how a large infrastructure is delivered.

Last year, “to investigate the surveillance of large transportation infrastructure projects” will detail the findings of a review by former Crossrail CEO James Stewart.

With HS2, it will determine what’s going on wrong and what the ministers can learn for future projects.

A second review by Mark Wild, General Manager of HS2, which entered into force as part of its efforts to seize increasing costs in October last year, will evaluate the construction of the project from London to Birmingham.

Alexander is also expected to announce that London to Transport commissioner Mike Brown will be the new president of HS2 Ltd.

Under its original plans, it aimed to create high -speed railways between HS2, London and Midlands and major cities in the north of England.

It has been designed to cut travel times and expand capacity on railways, but since the first recommended, it has faced numerous challenges and rising costs in 16 years.

The major construction project was given green light in 2012 and was expected to cost £ 33 billion and open until 2026.

Until 2013, the cost of the project rose to almost £ 50 billion and the expected completion date returned to 2033.

When the Boris Johnson government proposed to continue with HS2 in 2020, an independent estimate potential put the final cost to £ 106 billion.

In recent years, the scope of development has been backward.

The eastern leg between Birmingham and Leeds first twisted before canceling Birmingham’s planned Birmingham on the Manchester route.

Last year, the Ministry of Transport said the remaining project cost was estimated to be between £ 45 billion and £ 54 billion in 2019 prices – but the HS2 administration estimated that it could be as high as £ 57 billion.