The City Council's Chief Executive and Chief Officers met with myself and two other opposition councillors about V&A budget this morning. You could have knocked me over with a feather when it was announced the costs have shot up to £80.11 million.
The SNP administration has kept opposition councillors completely in the dark about the soaring costs and it is a shocking indictment of the poor project management skills of the SNP administration with regard to the V&A project.
The Chief Executive has promised a full investigation as to the detailed reasons behind the huge increase in cost.
The V&A project is vital to the city’s economic growth and absolutely has to be delivered.
I think a more cross-party civic approach to its delivery will now be vital if it is actually to be achieved.
I think a more cross-party civic approach to its delivery will now be vital if it is actually to be achieved.