EAST WEST RAIL Phase 1 - Costs
Dear Network Rail Limited,
It has been widely reported in the press and by statements made by NR that the Contract to design and construct the East West Rail phase 1 project (formally known as Chiltern Railways Evergreen 3 project) was £87. More recently NR have issued press releases claiming that the costs of this project were £320 and that they were on budget.
Under the FOI Act, I request that you provide the following information:
a. As the costs to design and construct the project (including building stations) was only £87m, please provide a cost breakdown with description of what the remaining £233m costs were spent on?
b. Please confirm the exact cost of the project.
c. Please provide a copy of the original budget for the project before construction works commenced?
d. The estimate for costs submitted to the public inquiry was £185m for which funding had been approved. Please provide details of where the funding has come from for the additional £164m costs?
I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours faithfully,
R Harris
Dear R Harris
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Dear R Harris
Please find attached a letter from Network Rail in response to your recent
request for information.
Yours sincerely
Jonathan Mantle | Senior Information Officer
Freedom of Information | Legal Corporate & Commercial
Network Rail | 1st Floor | Willen Building | The Quadrant: MK
Elder Gate | Milton Keynes | MK9 1EN
Telephone: 01908 782405 | 07710960727
Email: [Network Rail request email]
Web: [1]http://www.networkrail.co.uk/foi/
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