The contractor replaces Bouygues on the scheme

Bristol City Council has rubber stamped plans to award Buckingham Group a pre-construction services deal on Bristol鈥檚 new 拢92m arena.

Buckingham replaces Bouygues, which walked away from the job in January this year after failing to agree a price for the 12,000-capacity arena.

- a decision now confirmed by the council鈥檚 cabinet.

A review into the cost of the scheme, which could result in the Populous-designed venue being redesigned, was also requested.

The council has set aside 拢123m to build the new arena which sits on council-owned land and has so far spent 拢9m on bringing the project forward.

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