Ontario Science Centre and surroundings on a sunny day.
A Toronto councillor is asking the city to take over running the Ontario Science Centre, in a bid to keep it at its current location after the province abruptly closed its doors last week over safety concerns about the building's roof.CBC News The province abruptly closed the building to the public Friday afternoon. A Toronto councillor is asking the city to take over running the Ontario Science Centre, in a bid to keep it at its current location after theCoun.
Fixing the roof would cost between $22 million and $40 million, the ministry said, and require the centre be closed for up to two years.Ontario Science Centre shutting down due to roof collapse riskThe province is shutting down the Ontario Science Centre immediately due to the risk that the 55-year-old building's roof could collapse.
"If you had a government that wanted to keep the science centre open, it would have been in touch with very quickly, asked them what needed to be done before winter, and would have started on the work long before the report was completed," he said.Would-be Science Centre patrons are pictured outside after the attraction was closed due to a risk of roof failure on June 21, 2024.
"The City of Toronto will look for spaces. We'll cooperate with the workers, the board and the Ontario government to see what we can do to assist."In a news conference Friday, officials from the infrastructure ministry and Infrastructure Ontario said the science centre will be moved to an interim location yet to be determined, before its final move to Ontario Place.
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