Crossrail: 'Unrealistic timeframe' caused delays

"Crossrail was driven over its budget and beyond its schedule after bosses clung to an unrealistic opening date, the public spending watchdog said."
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It's an immensely complicated project. Perhaps it's not a surprise that it was difficult to estimate the time it would take.