The Ontario Science Centre building is facing critical issues not just with its roof, but with heating, sprinkler and electrical systems, officials said Thursday – but they did not say what they plan to do about it, if anything.
The focus right now, following the abrupt closure of the facility in northeast Toronto last month, is on doing more investigative work and moving all exhibits and staff out of the building before the winter, when the possibility of snow on the roof creates an additional risk, Infrastructure Minister Kinga Surma said at a news conference.
"Our priority is to decommission the building safely right now, work on an interim location for science centre programming and then of course, focus our energies on a new science centre," Surma said.