Work set to start next month on Cleethorpes amenity building - so long as sums add up

                                                         

Tests have been ongoing to ensure the ground is capable of holding a three-storey building with utilities capacity

WORK is scheduled to start next month on construction of the amenity building proposed for the site of the demolished Waves pub on the corner of Sea Road and Central Promenade.

So long as a price can be agreed, the prospective contractor is long-established Lincoln-based Lindum  which has taken over from JemBuild. 

The project has been long delayed, For anyone who might have forgotten, the proposal is for a "three-storey building comprising public amenities and a changing facility as well as commercially lettable space across all floors".

However, it is still not clear whether any prospective tenants have yet been signed up to take spaces.   

NELC is not revealing anything  save to say that the building, when completed, "may include different providers in retail and hospitality". 

During the long lull since activity, further tests have been carried out on the ground to establish that it is of sufficient integrity to accommodate a relatively large building.

So far, £1.4-million has already been spent, out of a budget of  £6-1-million,  on design, planning and  preliminary works.

The proposed completion date is March next year, but is this projection optimistic given that the council acknowledges that there are some challenges ahead?

It lists these as: 

• Certainty required on design, legal position and costings to enable start on site 

• Support from NELC's own planning and highways colleagues

• Co-ordination of design and construction with the adjacent Pier Gardens project

• Aligning project cost with procurement requirements.

Perhaps the main concern is that, after having done the arithmetic, Lindum may decide that the budget is insufficient to make the project profitable, prompting them to pull out.

Time will tell.