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Trust commits to new Fair Isle Bird Observatory despite setback

Trust commits to new Fair Isle Bird Observatory despite setback © Supplied Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A charity aiming to rebuild the fire-ravaged Fair Isle Bird Observatory says it remains committed to the project despite having to re-start the process and make redundant its only two paid staff. A new £7.4 million centre was planned to replace the observatory that was destroyed in a blaze in 2019. A fundraising appeal for £650,000 had raised £543,575 by earlier this month. However, the Fair Isle Bird Observatory Trust (FIBOT) said Covid and Brexit has exacerbated building challenges on the island and the only company to submit a tender for the rebuild was several million pounds over the projected budget.

Plans for new Fair Isle bird observatory stall after building work proves too costly

http://shet.news/9vkjc Copied! THERE ARE question marks over the rebuild of the Fair Isle Bird Observatory after a tender for the work proved too expensive – resulting in those leading the project to rethink their plans. An enhanced building, costed at £7.4 million, has already secured planning permission after the former observatory was destroyed by fire nearly two years ago. 2 of 14Adverts But Fair Isle Bird Observatory Trust chairman Douglas Barr said the charity is now looking at other options after a contractor priced the work well above the project’s budget. “It means therefore at present we will not be reopening in 2021 or 2022 and will aim for doing so in 2023,” he said in an update to local residents at the end of January.

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