West Block towers to get facelift: Public Works says restoration work can no longer be delayed because ‘masonry is fragile and unstable’

Public Works is planning to proceed with the scaffolding of the Mackenzie, North and Laurier towers, after stabilizing West Block's Southeast Tower with a steel structure now blanketed with a white tarp, at a cost of $1.36-million.

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