Demolition costs for school spiral.

Published: 14 Jan 2015 12:30

COUNCIL chiefs are pushing for the demolition of the former Greenock Academy to take place as soon as possible as costs spiral to 230,000.

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The Madeira Street building has been lying empty since last May when the Waterloo Road drama was axed by BBC bosses and filming stopped on the site.

The cost of securing the building and the significant amount of asbestos inside it have both been blamed for pushing the bill up.

Now council chief executive John Mundell has used emergency powers to speed up the demolition process.

Originally the council set aside 164,000 to cover the cost of demolition.

But a total of 71,000 from that pot of cash has been spent on securing the site since the departure of the Waterloo Road production team.

This has resulted in a shortfall in the budget to cover the demolition, which will now cost 230,000.

Council bosses will have to identify money from other budgets to fund the demolition, which will be carried out by Reigart Contracts.

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Demolition costs for school spiral.