UK Parliament Restoration Is 'Painfully Slow,' Report Finds

London's Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament, on the banks of the River Thames. Photo by Henry Kellner, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

This piece was first published on May 22 on ENR.com.

Managers of the U.K.’s Houses of Parliament continue spending about $125 million per year patching up the crumbling structures and ailing services of the 1,100-room Victorian-era complex by the River Thames, in London.

Progress on a multibillion-dollar restoration plan has been “painfully slow” with significant decisions being reopened and overturned, according to a new critical report by the Public Accounts Committee of lawmakers.

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