Archinect - News2024-05-15T15:13:47-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150424554/labor-and-funding-disputes-are-impelling-repair-work-on-the-eiffel-tower
Labor and funding disputes are impelling repair work on the Eiffel Tower Josh Niland2024-04-18T18:20:00-04:00>2024-04-19T13:33:13-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ad/ad222aad793af8d1495e99c4f4cb1eed.JPG?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>To date, only 30% of the tower has been repainted. Adding more than 100 weekly operations to monitor the lead increased annual running costs from €50m to €92m—and may reach a staggering €130m. The unions have also denounced the state of infrastructure, which sees tourists with tickets still queuing for up to three hours.</p></em><br /><br /><p>In February, the Société d’Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel (or SETE), which operates the tower announced losses nearing $2 million as a result of the weeklong strike. Paris Mayor <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/2394000/anne-hidalgo" target="_blank">Anne Hidalgo</a> has sparred openly with both France’s culture and tourism ministers about the tower’s lacking historical monument status and security situation on the Champ de Mars. The presence of lead paint and the pandemic have also combined to frustrate repair work efforts. The landmark’s last official full paint job, the nineteenth since it opened, was completed in 2010.</p>