Planning to fail – UK infrastructure system must learn from global peers
The UK is a global joke for its woeful record on large project delivery.
Multibillion-pound schemes that all too often begin as a prestigious national symbol of technological and innovative leadership become mired in years of delays and spiralling budgets.
HS2 anyone?
Originally envisioned to connect London, Birmingham, Manchester, and Leeds with high-speed rail, the project has suffered continuous scale-backs and multi-year delays.
The eastern leg to Leeds was scrapped in 2021, followed by the Manchester leg in 2023 a... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
