Latest on Manchester Town Hall's restoration, every single month of delay costs between £1m to £1.5m
An extra £29m is needed to keep the restoration project of Manchester Town Hall on track. And council bosses fear the reopening of the landmark could be delayed by up to two years - with the end-date for the programme not expected to be given until early next year.
"The project team continues to work hard to deliver within budget and in a stable economic environment it is highly likely that the project could have been delivered within budget," a report reads. As the Manchester Evening News reported in October 2022, a 44 per cent rise in construction material costs and shortage of labour meant the authority was preparing to fund an extra and extra £17m to the budget - if needed.
The creation of four new lift shafts to improve access and work to install new pipes, ducts and wiring have been 'complicated by the idiosyncrasies of the building'. Floors, chimney flues and 'other vertical spaces' used to accommodate infrastructure are 'improperly aligned or varying in size', which has 'caused delays to allow redesign work to take place', the council says.
"A request for whatever further additional funding is needed to complete the project will then be made in January 2024," a spokesman said. "This would also be funded through borrowing."
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