 However, due to effective risk transfer to the contractor, the total cost to the taxpayer would be very similar to the original plan.A follow-up investigation into the hospitals projects by the Public Accounts Committee was postponed in May 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.The Lincoln eastern bypass project, originally awarded by Lincolnshire County Council to Carillion, was taken over by Galliford Try, adding £24m in costs and delaying the project's completion by six months to May 2020.