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The full cost of the Remai Modern Art Gallery of Saskatchewan won’t be known until months after it opens, a city committee heard.

The behind-schedule and over-budget gallery is now expected to open in 2017, over budget by $2.5 to $4.5 million.

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The gallery is over budget because corrections and clarifications were needed to internal drawings and there are claims under dispute by contractor EllisDon that may need to go through dispute resolution.

Catherine Gryba, the city’s general manager of corporate performance, told council’s corporate services committee on Monday that the disputed claims will not be dealt with until after the gallery opens and dispute resolution — if it comes to that — could take months.

She said such disputes are not uncommon.

“With a project this big you can expect some, certainly,” Gryba said after the meeting.

The approved budget for the gallery was $84.6 million, not including land and the parkade, which pushes the cost above $106 million. Saskatonians were once told it would open this fall.