HS2 Ltd told us that there was pressure to drive the overall HS2 cost to what was deemed to be an affordable point. It viewed the £2.6 billion as a budget to work towards and undertook a lot of work on affordability and efficiencies to try and reduce costs. It told us that it generated somewhere between £300 million and £500 million of efficiencies.20

HS2 Ltd told us that there was pressure to drive the overall HS2 cost to what was deemed to be an affordable point. It viewed the £2.6 billion as a budget to work towards and undertook a lot of work on affordability and efficiencies to try and reduce costs. It told us that it generated somewhere between £300 million and £500 million of efficiencies.20 Type: conclusion | Number: 10 | Response status: accepted Government response: 2.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: Summer 2025 2.2 The objective of the Euston Reset Programme is to ensure that the scope of the HS2 station design is affordable and provides value for money to the taxpayer and that the programme is set up app