THE National Audit Office this week published an investigation into how the Government handled the collapse of Bordon relief road builder Carillion.

The liquidation of the construction giant, in January, will cost UK taxpayers an estimated £148m.

The collapse caused disruption locally, with Hampshire County Council scrambling to find new contractors to finish the second phase of the road. The road was ahead of schedule and the council employed Skanska to work on the half-finished sections, saying it (the council) faced no additional costs as it was simply “a case of reallocating funds”.