We challenged the Department over the necessity and added risk of establishing an additional delivery body to oversee the works at Euston and its surroundings. The Department recognised that setting up new organisations is far more complex and difficult than is often thought, and that its experience with HS2 Ltd demonstrates that it is difficult to set up high–functioning new organisations delivering extremely complex infrastructure. However, the Department told us that the task at Euston is ...

We challenged the Department over the necessity and added risk of establishing an additional delivery body to oversee the works at Euston and its surroundings. The Department recognised that setting up new organisations is far more complex and difficult than is often thought, and that its experience with HS2 Ltd demonstrates that it is difficult to set up high–functioning new organisations delivering extremely complex infrastructure. However, the Department told us that the task at Euston is quite different to HS2 Ltd’s core mission of building a railway. The Department explained that the challenge at Euston is more complex, with more moving Type: conclusion | Number: 33 | Response status: not_addressed Government response: 6.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: Summer 2025 6.2 The department’s next six-monthly update to Parliament is expected to be published in Summer 2025 and will include an update on progress on Euston. 6.3 The d