The service provided by Crossrail will be delayed.

Jane10 and those who have praised the new Queensferry Crossing are both right - not "fake news", just a different side of the news. In The New Civil Engineer 2nd August, 2018 I read -

"In its report on the [Queensferry] crossing, Audit Scotland lauded the project despite it opening eight months late and with a series of snagging defects still outstanding.

The report attributed the eight month delay to bad weather and said despite this, it had still been delivered for £1.34bn, about £250M less than the original cost estimate of £1.6bn.

It went on to say the project had had “strong and consistent” leadership, an open and transparent approach, “timely” decision-making, and positive working relationships with the contractors.

It also said there had been a “drive and ambition of those involved in delivering the project to do it well and get it right first time”.

Although the body has given the project praise, it said Transport Scotland could have managed the public’s expectations better by “communicating more widely that further work and snagging would be required” when the Queensferry Crossing opened."

The handling if the project still compares favourably with that of the Scottish Parliament building. Perhaps "lessons have been learnt"?

Thanks Elegran it would be good if perhaps England could take some advice from Scotland about the lessons learned.

As an aside .

Did anybody else watch either or both of the 2 BBC documentaries " The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway "? Mind blowing .

Considering Crossrail is the biggest construction project in Europe I am not surprised at this news.

It's a phenomenal piece of construction covering 42 miles of new underground tunnels, stretch more than 60 miles / over 100km , and thousands of engineers and workers have been employed on the project.