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​Government’s top infrastructure advisor ‘never been convinced’ by HS2 governance structure

By 2025-01-17T12:49:00

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John Armitt will chair NIC until July as it moves towards merger with IPA

The government’s top infrastructure advisor has hit out at the governance of HS2 and warned against giving ministers more power over the project.

The high speed rail project has been repeatedly cut back as it has faced huge delays and cost overruns, with ministers recently moving to take more oversight of the scheme in house.

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