Aradale’s night-time tours will resume in a modified format in coming weeks, after leaseholders Melbourne Polytechnic and Eerie Tours owner Nathaniel Buchanan met on Friday.

“It is good news,” Mr Buchanan said.

“We will resume in a few weeks with a modified route that will, as they work through the maintenance, slowly advance with more and more buildings until we are back where we were at the time of the closure.

“Hopefully it will be a shorter rather than longer amount of time.”

Mr Buchanan said it was a step in the right direction.

“They were apologetic, and they could see the complications of the issue,” he said.

“They were very friendly and their motive was to get it open and running again in whatever capacity we could get in the short term, with the intention of getting it sorted out.

“We gave them a list of buildings that we prioritise, and they’ll work on that according to budget, timeline and how severe the damage is.”

Mr Buchanan said he was contacting booking-holders week by week, offering gift vouchers and the new, reduced tours.

“We’ll grow it back from there over the next period of time as they reopen the buildings,” he said.

“We’ll be putting a brief disclaimer up on social media explaining the situation, but when we reopen, we’ll be hitting it hard for sure.”

People can check Eerie Tours Facebook page www.facebook.com/AradaleGhostTours for more information and updates.

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