The forty million Euro restoration project for the Waterloo Memorial and the Lion's Hamlet is apparently back on after languishing in administrative and financial limbo for a number of years. The minister in charge of tourism for the Wallon region, Paul Furlan, confirmed during the Waterloo re-enactment weekend (18 – 20 June) that the project was set to go ahead. The start date may even be as early as September, although no official time-scale has been confirmed. The project, which will also include installing motorway slip-road access to the battlefield, is intended to boost the site's visitor figures from 380,000 per year to something closer to 500,000 per year.
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