Saving the iconic Seven Sisters towers will cost a 'significant' sum, Andy Burnham has said as he welcomed the news that the social housing blocks could be saved. Four of the landmark high-rise buildings in Rochdale were set to be knocked down, but bosses are now looking at ways to avoid demolition.
Earlier this year, Rochdale Boroughwide Housing - which owns and manages the properties - launched a review of the College Bank project, six years after knocking down the flats was first floated. And yesterday (June 28), its interim chief executive said the organisation is now 'hopeful' the towers can be saved.
Mr Burnham told BBC Radio Manchester this morning (June 29) that he is 'pleased' to hear the news. However, the Greater Manchester mayor said modernising the tower blocks would cost a 'significant amount of money'.
