Museum work $2M
Costs of the proposed restoration project at the Canterbury Museum have risen to more than $2 million.
It was decided at the July meeting of the Museum Trust Board that financing stage one of the project would have to be investigated and the time frame would have to be lengthened. Originally it was estimated that it would cost $1,400,000 to bring the building up to earthquake standards.
The chairman of the board, Mr Rupert Pearce,
told the board that the estimated cost had now increased to more than $2 million. Stage one alone would now cost $130,000 and stage two would cost another $1,041,000. “These figures are based on present costs,” he said. "There is no contingency for inflation or reinstatement of exhibits.”
It was likely that the project would now take 10 years instead of the proposed five or six years, Mr Pearce said.
Economising on the present proposal will be looked into.
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