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Birmingham Post
Birmingham Post
Business
Neil Lancefield, PA Transport Correspondent

HS2 chief executive is stepping down as £61bn scheme moves to ‘defining period’

HS2 Ltd’s chief executive has announced his resignation amid major delays and cost pressures for the high-speed railway project.

Mark Thurston, 56, will leave his role in September after six-and-a-half years leading the Government-owned company.

He said someone else should take over as the project transitions from construction to a “defining period” involving the installation of railway systems, such as track and signalling equipment.

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