Progress
Track support for Megacity and the funding recorded against its working capital budget.
Towards one million supporters
3of 1,000,000 supporters
0.00% reached · 999,997 remaining
Towards the working budget
£210of £120.24bn working budget
0.00% reached · £120.24bn remaining
Confirmed funding means cash received plus binding commitments still outstanding. Supporter numbers do not imply a financial contribution.
Cash received: £210 · Outstanding commitments: £0 · Unconfirmed pledges: £0 (excluded from progress).
What would it take to build?
16 proposed stops · 54.16 working miles · 25,000,000 m² of housing.
Cost categories on the same scale. Total: £120.24bn.
- Metro baseline£27.08bn
- Housing baseline£50.00bn
- Land and enabling works£3.85bn
- Utilities, streets and Green Spine£7.71bn
- Schools, health and community facilities£3.85bn
- Design, surveys, consents and programme delivery£6.17bn
- Trains, depots and commissioning£1.54bn
- Contingency£20.04bn
Full cost calculations
| Cost and calculation | Budget |
|---|---|
| Metro baseline54.16 miles × £500,000,000/mile (calculated before display rounding) | £27,079,810,142 |
| Housing baseline1,000,000 people × 25 m² × £2,000/m² | £50,000,000,000 |
| Land and enabling works5% of base works | £3,853,990,507 |
| Utilities, streets and Green Spine10% of base works | £7,707,981,014 |
| Schools, health and community facilities5% of base works | £3,853,990,507 |
| Design, surveys, consents and programme delivery8% of base works | £6,166,384,811 |
| Trains, depots and commissioning2% of base works | £1,541,596,203 |
| Contingency20% of works plus allowances | £20,040,750,637 |
| Working funding target | £120,244,503,821 |
Additional costs are illustrative planning allowances, pending scope review and costing. Each additional percentage applies to metro plus housing; contingency applies after those allowances.
Housing area is the stated space per person; shared circulation, service areas and scope overlap need review before detailed costing.
Not yet priced: Financing and interest; Future inflation and applicable taxes; Ongoing operation, maintenance and renewals.
Concept budget, not an approved estimate. Route mileage uses straight connections between station references, not a surveyed railway alignment.