Newbury Weekly News 11th April 2008 reported that Newbury town council will spend over £8000 of its precept on removing harmful asbestos from the town hall cellars.
At a meeting of the Community Services Committee last Wednesday (April 2), councillors agreed to spend the money to remove the harmful building material to comply with building regulations. According to councillors, the £8000 to cover the work had been accommodated in the town council’s budget for this year so would not cost the precept payer more next year to cover an unexpected deficit. The removal work will cost £7,065 but inspections will have to be carried out following its removal at an additional cost of £990 excluding VAT.
The cellars, which are used to store archive files and house the building’s gas and electricity meters have been closed until the asbestos, which was discovered after a recent structural survey, has been cleared. The town hall reception area will be closed for two weeks while the works are carried out and access to the building will be diverted through a temporary reception at the civic entrance. Town council services manager, Granville Taylor said the cellars had to be accessed on a regular basis to check the meters. He said: “Some of the asbestos could have been from the original structure and some of it was put in afterwards but that was long before our time.” The work will start on April 21.
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