政府的基础设施沙皇表示，缺乏对HS2的成本和交付的早期审查，使该项目变得镀金，而且太落后了，无法修复。
英国基础设施项目管理局(Infrastructure Projects Authority)首席执行官尼克•斯莫尔伍德(Nick Smallwood)批评了该项目早期阶段的做法，并表示他的机构无法恰当地审查这些计划。英国基础设施项目管理局负责监督重大政府项目的交付情况。
英国铁道部长休•梅里曼(Huw Merriman)向《每日电讯报》(The Telegraph)表示，这条铁路“没有空白支票”，尽管面临通胀压力，但他预计HS2将在预算范围内交付。
斯莫尔伍德上周在上议院建筑环境委员会作证。
在谈到该国重大项目的交付时，他表示，“这是一场持续的战斗”，与项目团队“经常说他们知道自己在做什么，直到他们发现自己不知道”。
“太迟了”
当富勒姆的卡灵顿勋爵问及他的机构是否被允许在早期充分审查HS2时，斯莫尔伍德先生说没有。
他补充说:“在我看来，瞄准镜是镀金的，现在太晚了。在做出最终投资决定之前，我就进行了这样的对话，但现在回去改变投资范围会让我们损失资金，并造成延误。”
近年来，由于HS2的价格波动，该项目的成本受到了越来越多的审查。2019年，该线路的估计成本从557亿英镑飙升至720亿至980亿英镑。
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这导致保守党政客们对政府继续该项目表示失望。其中包括埃斯特·麦克维，她称该计划是“不必要的面子工程”，并在去年10月拒绝支持政府增税，除非政府取消该计划。
周一，梅里曼在HS2的Colne高架桥项目现场接受《每日电讯报》采访时，重申了政府对该计划的支持，并表示该计划不会被取消。
不过，尽管他承认该项目面临通胀压力，但他表示，该计划“不是空头支票”。
他表示:“我们希望HS2在预算范围内建造，我们理解存在通胀压力，但这是我们作为项目团队的赞助商的责任，我们要确保他们在预算范围内折叠这些成本。”
去年，英国《金融时报》报道了HS2副主席乔恩•汤普森(Jon Thompson)的一封内部信，他在信中表示，伦敦至伯明翰高铁首段403亿英镑的投资“极不可能”受到影响。
信中还指出，不断上升的通胀已成为一个“重大且日益严峻的挑战”。第一阶段还有43亿英镑的应急资金。
《每日电讯报》已经联系DfT寻求评论。
