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Audit lifts lid on Derby road debacle

A road improvement project in Derby that was expected to cost £15m is likely to end up costing about £42m. Andrew Forster summarises the audit report into what went wrong

Andrew Forster
29 March 2019
In a hole: the project’s original budget was never realistic, says the audit report
In a hole: the project’s original budget was never realistic, says the audit report

 

In the ‘frequently asked questions’ section of Derby City Council’s web pages for the A52 Wyvern transport improvement scheme, the question is posed, ‘How did the scheme get to this stage?’ Last week city councillors reflected on a slightly different question, namely, ‘How did the scheme get into this state?’, as they considered the findings of an audit report into the troubled project.

When complete, the road scheme is expected to improve travel...

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