Bus station work at Commonwealth Games site jumps eightfold to more than £15m

By Tom Lowe2020-01-07T06:00:00

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Moving National Express bus depot had been set to cost £2m

Birmingham city council had a shock over the Christmas break as it emerged that the relocation of a bus depot under plans to build an athletes’ village for the upcoming Commonwealth Games will cost eight times more than originally estimated.

The initial cost of relocating the National Express depot in the Perry Barr district of the city was thought to be £2m but revised figures have now put the cost at £15.5m, with an added £900,000 in legal and tax fees.

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