We were on the right track. Cancelling HS2 has taken us off it

By Victoria Short 2023-10-06T06:00:00

Landscape - Victoria Short, CEO, Randstad UK (1)

Some building projects are worth the money and the wait. A once-in-a-generation opportunity has now been missed, writes Randstad’s Victoria Short

Yesterday, Rishi Sunak cancelled HS2 blaming delays and cost overruns. This decision puts the construction industry and, by extension, the country, on the wrong track. This is why.

In the grand scheme of big infrastructure projects, HS2 was doing just fine. We beat ourselves up for delays and cost overruns, but actually Britain does these projects, planning bureaucracy aside, well — even in comparison with our German neighbours.

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