After estimated costs for a temporary youth shelter in Brampton ballooned to more than $1.9 million, Peel Region councillors have decided to go back to the drawing board.

Last April, council authorized about $700,000 to turn an unused municipal property on Knightsbridge Road into a much-needed shelter for homeless youth in Brampton.

However, Peel Region staff came back to council members Thursday asking for another $1.25 million to complete renovations that have been complicated by building code compliance issues and the discovery of asbestos and mould on the premises that was once used as a daycare facility.

The new price tag to repurpose this 7,600-square-foot building built in the late 1960s was too much for council members to swallow.