FOI request detail

Old Street roundabout

Request ID: FOI-1747-2223
Date published: 07 November 2022

You asked

Please provide me with the original anticipated timeline for the old street roundabout renewal project. Please provide me with the current anticipated timeline for its completion. Please provide me with a detailed explanation of every delay to the project, the reason for that delay, the additional cost involved. Please provide me with the total cost now anticipated.

We answered

TfL Ref: FOI-1747-2223

Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 20 October 2022.

Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy.  I can confirm that we hold some of the information you require. You asked:

Please provide me with the original anticipated timeline for the old street roundabout renewal project.

At the time of awarding the construction stage of the project in December 2018, the project schedule showed the project finishing on site in October 2020.

Please provide me with the current anticipated timeline for its completion.

The current schedule shows the project finishing on site in July 2023.  

Please provide me with a detailed explanation of every delay to the project, the reason for that delay, the additional cost involved.

Throughout the life of the project since it started on site, there have been many different causes for the delays. Unfortunately, we do not have detailed explanation for every delay to the project or the additional cost associated with each delay.

Please provide me with the total cost now anticipated.

The current expected final cost of the project is £127m.

If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for any reason, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal as well as information on copyright and what to do if you would like to re-use any of the information we have disclosed.

Yours sincerely

Eva Hextall
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London

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