Work on Glasgow's iconic new transport museum will begin within weeks.
A report on the progress of the £74m project has an on-site start date of November 12, with plans expected for final approval by the end of this month.
The main construction can begin only once work on the quayside walls has been completed, again scheduled for the end of this month, while sewers are being currently diverted away from the museum site. The report also contains details of the exhibitions and collections, including the Glasgow-built South African Railways locomotive transported to Glasgow last month and used to launch the Riverside Museum Fundraising appeal, an attempt to secure extra public cash for the project.
The museum will also house the bar and other elements of the former Mitre Bar, which was in Glasgow's Merchant City and is believed to be in the block where the founder of modern Canada, Sir John A Macdonald, was born in 1815.
In June it was announced that the bill for the museum had risen by almost 50%, despite the architect behind the scheme, Iraqi Zaha Hadid, having previously been told to investigate ways of cutting the rising costs. The reasons given were inflation in the price of core materials, lack of competition in the construction market and the detailed design of the building.
The contract with Ms Hadid was signed only in late August, while contract with BHG Ltd to construct the museum was completed early last month.
The current transport museum, in the Kelvin Hall in the west end of the city, will close in March 2010 with the replacement to be completed and kitted out by December of the same year.
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