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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Edward Barnes

'Serious concerns' over 'potential waste' of taxpayer money for cinema scheme

There are “serious concerns” over the “potential waste of millions of pounds" of taxpayers money involving a delayed cinema development.

The Beacon Project intends to turn the old Hoylake Town Hall in Wirral into a cinema, restaurant and commercial complex.

Due for completion in December 2020, there is still no deadline for the scheme to be finished with developers Hylgar Properties saying the pandemic caused delays. A linked housing development of 40 apartments is expected to be completed in 2023.

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