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> I guess I've been living in the US too long because I just don't understand some (not in this article to be clear) like to shit on Crossrail. The reason why

> I guess I've been living in the US too long because I just don't understand some (not in this article to be clear) like to shit on Crossrail. The reason why Crossrail got shit on for their estimates is because they were still pushing the "on time and on budget" slogan just a month or so before it got delayed which was just a few months before it was meant to open. Everyone expects large projects like this to overrun a bit, but if you start bragging about it then you better be right.

shapefrog 4y ago
> "on time and on budget" slogan just a few months before it was meant to open. December 2018 was the opening date [0]; 24 July 2018: Department of Transport update [1]: On time and we are so great we managed to barter them down by 2.5bn on the cost. This will enable the completion of the project at a cost lower than planned under the last Labour government. 31 August 2018: It is announced that Crossrail's opening had been delayed by at least nine months to autumn 2019. April 2022: It still isnt open... I get shit happens, but how can you be on track 6 months away from opening and 4 years later you are still an unknown time away from opening. [0] https://assets.londonist.com/uploads/2018/08/i875/20180831_091454.jpg https://assets.londonist.com/uploads/2018/08/i875/20180831_0... [1] https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/annual-update-on-crossrail-2018 https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/annual-update-on-cros...