National Audit Office to review HS2

 Posted by on Sep 26, 2012
Sep 262012
 

The National Audit Office (NAO) have announced that they will be opening a review into the development of HS2 to date, with the results to be published next year.

The NAO’s  website says on the review:

“This study will examine the Department for Transport’s planning and development of High Speed 2, the proposed national high-speed railway network. It will focus on phase 1 of the project, between London and Birmingham.

“We will look at whether the business case for High Speed 2 and early project set-up accord with good practice. Our examination is based on the NAO’s Guide to Initiating Successful Projects.

“This study will be produced in line with two of the NAO’s strategic themes: informed government and cost effective delivery.”

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  3 Responses to “National Audit Office to review HS2”

  1. lelli0 says:
    Sep 26, 2012 at 3:07 pm

    For those who scoffed at the notion that the introduction of hs2 would affect standard services …. read on

    http://www.hs2.org.uk/assets/x/85308

  2. Paul says:
    Sep 26, 2012 at 3:00 pm

    This is fine, but they are limiting themselves to a review of ‘good practice’ concerned with the project initation, nothing else. Don’t set expectations that this will lead to a review of the overall VFM or ROI type of analysis, although I really do hope that it does lead to this.

  3. John says:
    Sep 26, 2012 at 12:53 pm

    Sounds good but will their report be yet another to be ignored just like the consultation,PAC,TSC,MPA etc