Centre Block renovation estimates likely to land in new year, PSPC says work on track despite COVID-19

Public Services and Procurement Canada is planning to survey the public on its plans for Parliament Hill, something that wasn’t done ahead of renovations to either the West Block or the Senate of Canada Building.

Construction workers are pictured on the site of the planned underground parliamentary welcome centre in front of the Centre Block building on July 15. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

October 14, 2020

Cost estimates and timelines for the Centre Block building’s renovation, and for construction of the final phase of the underground parliamentary welcome centre, could finally come before MPs early in the new year, based on recent comments from the department charged with overseeing the project.

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