Questions have been raised about whether advice was followed around choosing a contractor for Haslingden market's £500,000 redevelopment - after work was not done on time.
Rossendale Council is spending £200,000 on the refurbishment and the remaining £300,000 is from the government’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund, agreed with the previous Conservative government. But queries around the due diligence process for choosing a contractor were raised at the latest full meeting of Rossendale Council.
"Councillors will appreciate there is a lot of working going at the council at the moment, And just letting contract times slip is probably not the right approach. So I think this was the right thing to do. The contractor was paid only for the works completed. To get things up-and-running again. we quickly carried out a new mini-tender with the contractor who originally bid for the work.