Up to six secondary schools are due to move onto land that formerly housed a military base in Omagh, Co Tyrone.
The Strule Shared Education Campus is having money poured into it by the Department of Education. It is expected to cost at least £150 million. The co-location of schools is intended to increase opportunities for collaboration and sharing of facilities.
A mix of grammar, non-grammar, Catholic, state and special schools will occupy the site. So far, just one has opened – Arvalee School and Resource Centre.
Stormont has also spent more than £2 million constructing a road to serve the project. Now, the department says that preparatory work is being suspended after a bidder pulled out.
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