An extra £1m is set to be spent repairing the Rochdale Town Hall clock and the historic steps behind the building, it has been revealed.
Essential repairs and upgrades to the town hall’s clock as well as the medieval-period steps are set to cost the council £1.08m next year.
This forms part of £3.5m of extra spending approved by town hall bosses - to be paid for by borrowing. Rochdale Council has stressed this price quoted is a high estimate, and they expect the actual fee for the works to be much lower.
Since the town hall reopened earlier this year, locals on social media and around the town centre have repeatedly mentioned the town hall clock not moving.
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