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Recommendation 32
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Department pursues holistic Euston approach, progressing new delivery company and corporation models.
Conclusion
The Department told us that the new approach to Euston is now a holistic one, seeking to build consensus between stakeholders and as a unified delivery rather than the ineffective attempts of the past to try to solve each part separately and hope that they fit together.55 The Department expects to progress with the delivery model and set up of the delivery company over the next year.56 It also told us that, on the development corporation, 52 C&AG’s Report, para 3.3 and 3.5 53 Qq 45, 47, 49; Committee of Public Accounts, High Speed 2: Spring 2020 update, Third Report of Session 2019–21, HC 84, 17 May 2020 54 C&AG’s Report, para 3.3 55 Q 45 56 Qq 46–48 19 there are two models being considered–one mayoral–led and one led by the London Borough of Camden. The Department is talking to both the Greater London Authority and Camden Council about which would be preferred.57
Government Response
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