All infrastructure projects must be a priority says ICAEW

In response to calls from the Committee of Public Accounts for Government to move quickly and set out a realistic timetable for delivering HS2, Ross Campbell, ICAEW’s Director of Public Sector said:
“There is still a lot of work to integrate plans for HS2 with other rail investment proposals and the existing network. Infrastructure projects in general should be prioritised on the basis of their contributions to economic growth, as a priority for policymakers. The HS2 project is just one element of an overall national infrastructure plan that needs to be properly prioritised and funded to reduce the current level of economic uncertainty.