Museum opening delayed after contractor goes bust
The opening of a Roman museum in Leicester undergoing a multi-million pound transformation has been delayed.
Work to revamp the Jewry Wall Museum to create a new attraction started in 2021. But work was previously delayed due to Covid-19 and a contractor going bust.
On Thursday, Leicester City Council said the second contractor working on the project had collapsed. The museum was set to open in January next year, but the council said it had been delayed until the summer.
Phil Hackett is the general manager of both the King Richard III Centre and the Jewry Wall Museum and told Ben Jackson what the latest is.
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