The planned renovation of The Hotel at Auburn University is back on.

After some members of the Board of Trustees had reservations about spending nearly $10 million to renovate 246 guest rooms at its November meetings, the project was essentially postponed for a year. However, by granting the Property and Facilities Committee permission to make decisions on this matter without full board consent, its members agreed Thursday morning to move forward as planned.

The $10.6 million project will start Dec. 18 and be completed by April or May. It will require half the hotel to be unavailable at a time.

Since the hotel staff has been anticipating the renovation for the past eight months, General Manager Hans Van Der Reijden said they are prepared to have less rooms for the five months. When all is said and done, he said they will have a better product for the variety of clientele that use the hotel, including rooms designed especially for the guests who are visiting AU