Basil Jet wrote:

https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/c...033487.article


No surprise that the rumours of overspends are true, but it's interesting
that the final spend will actually be below the original budget:


Crossrail will come in £590m over its original £14.8bn budget, the
government has confirmed.

…

The first budget agreed for the Crossrail scheme was set at £15.9bn back in
2007.

Following a Comprehensive Spending Review in 2010, this was reduced to
£14.8bn. Of this spend, Crossrail is responsible for £12.5bn of works,
while Network Rail is responsible for £2.3bn