High Speed 2 to Cost up to £103 Billion After More Delays
The UK’s High Speed 2 rail line will cost between £87.7 billion ($117 billion) and £102.7 billion and open by 2036 at the earliest, Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said, revealing the latest budget increase and delay to the troubled project.
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