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Oldham Council will be spending almost an additional £7m on its town centre regeneration project, reports have revealed.

A sum of £6.75m has been re-allocated from external grants and other capital spending to complete works on the Old Library, Coliseum and George Square, which is to become the new outdoor market.

A report presented at an economic scrutiny meeting on Wednesday, November 5.

Oldham Council was at pains to stress this is ‘not an overspend’, but an expansion of the original plans. Two of the schemes required more extensive repairs than initially planned, while the outdoor market is an entirely new project.

The Old Library – now known as the JR Clynes Building – requires additional work on the link bridge that connects to the new library. The bridge was remo

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