THE cost of dealing with Plymouth’s unexploded bomb has cost city taxpayers more than £275,000, it has been revealed. This includes paying for 260 families to be put up in hotels and Airbnbs after their homes were evacuated and the clean-up bill after the Army removed the device.
Plymouth City Council said it is still counting up the cost of its response to the bomb drama in Keyham but it is already more than a quarter of a million pounds. And the authority said it won’t be getting any financial help from the Government.
The cost is estimated to fall below the threshold to claim under the Bellwin scheme which reimburses authorities for cash paid out in emergencies. It comes just days after the Ministry of Defence said it will not pay Keyham householders whose gardens were trashed during the bomb removal.
A total of 3,250 people were told to vacate 1,219 properties after an exclusion zone around St Michael Avenue was extended to 309m following the bomb discovery in February. Many went to live with families and friends but others had to seek rooms in holiday lets around the city.
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