Recommendation 20

The Department has continued to report that the cost pressure at Euston was £0.4 billion throughout its six-monthly updates, including in the October 2022 update, which was the latest at the time we took evidence.46 Since October 2021, with the Department’s decision to change the design of the station to a smaller and less complex 10 platform single-stage build, the Department has stated that it expected that the cost pressure would be reduced.47 The Department also reported throughout 2022 including its latest update to Parliament in October 2022 that, as part of ongoing design work, it would need to consider the appropriate level of contingency to manage risks during construction of the station.48