Chief executive and chairman to face London Assembly next week
Crossrail bosses will face their final grilling of the year when they face the London Assembly鈥檚 transport committee next Tuesday.
Crossrail chief executive Mark Wild, its chair Tony Meggs and London mayor Sadiq Khan are among those set to be questioned.
The trio will be joined by outgoing Transport for London commissioner Mike Brown, who is leaving to head up the restoration and renewal of the Houses of Parliament in May, and London鈥檚 deputy mayor for transport Heidi Alexander.
The committee, which is chaired by Labour鈥檚 Florence Eshalomi, is set to grill the panel 鈥渙n the progress made on the delayed opening of the Elizabeth Line鈥�.
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Last month Wild (pictured) confirmed that the project would not open in 2020, adding it would open 鈥渁s soon as practically possible鈥� the following year.
In April, Wild gave the job a revised opening date of between October 2020 and March 2021. It was originally due to open in December 2018.
Both Wild and Meggs have also confirmed the project will need somewhere between 拢400m and 拢650m of extra cash to be completed. The current bill for the railway has now topped 拢18bn.
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