The Public Accounts Committee has praised the construction of Crossrail as “a textbook example of how to get things right.”
The usually critical spending watchdog lauded firms involved in the £15.8bn scheme in its latest report on the project.
Committee member Richard Bacon MP said: “Major, complex infrastructure projects are notoriously difficult to deliver on time and in budget.
“With Crossrail we see a textbook example of how to get things right. Happily, this means Crossrail – a £15.8bn programme in total – is on course to deliver value for money to the taxpayer.”
The committee is now calling on Crossrail to be used as a template for major infrastructure schemes like HS2.
