$600M High St complex being examined by gov’t team

The High Street building

A team led by Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson will examine the controversial $600M High Street building constructed since 2008 but unused due to defects in construction.

Minister of State Joseph Harmon at his weekly post-cabinet press conference on Wednesday described the building as a “sore thumb” sucking monies out of the public purse and said that a decision regarding the edifice would be made shortly. Harmon, when asked about the building, had said that Cabinet had not “actively” considered it.

He pointed out that a number of infrastructure projects are being examined carefully by government. “That building has not come up (on) the radar of Cabinet at yet,” he said while adding that the Minister of Public Infrastructure is leading a