Network Rail

(asked on 27th May 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the conclusions of the Office of Rail and Road's Enhancement Cost Adjustment Mechanism review of Network Rail's Control Period 5 investment programme.


Answered by
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Claire Perry
This question was answered on 1st June 2015

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) reviews Control Period 5 (Rail Investment Strategy) Projects through the enhancements cost adjustment mechanism (ECAM) on a rolling basis when each project has reached a certain level of design maturity and a single option has been selected.

The ORR publishes quarterly updates on the ECAM process. These are made publicly available on its website:

http://orr.gov.uk/what-and-how-we-regulate/regulation-of-network-rail/how-we-regulate-network-rail/control-period-5-cp5/cp5-delivery-plan.

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