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HS2 boss says delays among options being explored to curb rising costs

PA Wire

The HS2 rail project could be delayed among a number of potential options being considered to curb rising costs, the project’s boss has said.

In an interview with the BBC, HS2 chief executive Mark Thurston said the impact of inflation on the project over the past year has been “significant… whether that’s in timber, steel, aggregates for all the concrete we need to use to build the job, labour, all our energy costs, fuel”.

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