boris: The project is opposed by many Conservative party members and has been beset by questions over its escalating budget, with the prime minister, Boris Johnson, recently admitting he expected it to be north of 100bn . The HS2 review team and what they say Read more Shapps said he had told the review to just give us the facts really, genuinely what it would cost to complete this project, according to The Guardian. Then we will know and we will be in a much better position to make the decision to go or no go by the end of the year. The transport secretary, Grant Shapps, said on Wednesday that the government needed clear evidence before deciding whether to go ahead. News of the review, which sources said could be completed by early October before the Brexit deadline, was met with dismay by business groups, unions and northern leaders, who called on the government to commit to the full line between London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds as soon as possible. His deputy, Lord Berkeley, a railway expert and Labour peer, is a critic of the project who has repeatedly challenged the Department for Transport's DfT cost figures and warned that budgets were spiralling out of control. The review will be chaired by Douglas Oakervee, a retired engineer who briefly chaired HS2 Ltd and worked with Johnson when he was London mayor.
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