Centre Block reno, welcome centre construction pegged at upwards of $5-billion by PSPC, to finish by 2030-31

While PSPC anticipates construction work will be complete by 2030 or 2031, assistant deputy minister Rob Wright on June 17 noted it will be another year after that before the building is ready to be reoccupied.

The Centre Block building, as pictured on June 16. The government has released long-awaited cost and time estimates for the project, with Public Services and Procurement Canada indicating that, so far, COVID-19 has had virtually no impact on overall plans. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

June 17, 2021

The massive project to restore and modernize Parliament Hill’s focal point building, the Centre Block, and build a new underground welcome centre complex is expected to cost between $4.5- and $5-billion in all, and be completed by 2030-31, according to long-awaited cost and time estimates released...

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