Councillors 'shocked' over £1million extra cost to repair Stalybridge civic hall roof

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For the latest Tameside news sign up to the MyTameside newsletter here Councillors were left in ‘shock’ after it was revealed that works to repair Stalybridge’s civic hall roof are to cost an eye watering £1 million more than originally planned.

Tameside council had carried out a survey on the historic Trinity Street building while it was preparing to bid for money from Heritage England’s High Street Heritage Action Zone fund.

However members of a monitoring panel were told that the bill for the works has more than tripled from the initial budget of £558,950, up £1.7m.

A formal request for the extra cash is due to go to a meeting of the executive cabinet later this month. The increased cost is due to replacement of ‘extensive’ roof-lights