A report commissioned by Transport for London has highlighted multiple failures in the handling of a contract awarded to Bombardier for tube signalling upgrades, which collapsed leaving behind an estimated £100m loss for taxpayers.
Commenting on the findings, Caroline Pidgeon said:
“It is staggering that TfL simply accepted at face value significant claims made by Bombardier before they awarded such a major contract. TfL signed up with a company that had no track record in London and little chance of being able to deliver signalling on some of the oldest and most complex Tube lines in the world.”
Read more at the Evening Standard.